12th April 1936

This morning Marion was awake at six, excitedly waiting till 8.30 for the Easter egg hunt. She still believes the bunnies bring chocolate eggs and hide them. When she opened two little parcels, wrapped in gold paper, she said "This is from Mummy, the bunnies do not have this kind of paper!" It was a handpainted inkpot and blotter, Black Forest painting. She is now starting to write with pen- and ink.

Marion is simply crazy about Queen Mary since she saw the pictures of Royal Family during Princess Marina's wedding. She has a framed picture of the Queen hanging beside her bed which came out of The Daily Telegraph, sent by Uncle Harry during King George's funeral ceremony. She talks to the queen as if she were really them and plays, she is Mary, a small friend of queen. She will tell herself a story out loud for hours on end, if permitted.