PERSONAL TRINKETS BELONGING TO THE ROYAL FAMILY, INCLUDING A CUSTOM-MADE JIGSAW PUZZLE OWNED BY THE QUEEN, ARE ON DISPLAY FOR THE FIRST TIME. THE EXHIBITION WHICH OFFERS AN INSIGHT INTO THE PRIVATE LIFE OF THE ROYAL FAMILY RECENTLY OPENED AT SANDRINGHAM ESTATE IN WEST NORFOLK. THE COMPLICATED 400-PIECE JIGSAW PUZZLE, A COLLAGE WHICH INCLUDES THE PRINCESS ROYAL, THE DUKE OF YORK, QUEEN ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER, PRINCESS MARGARET, PRINCES WILLIAM AND HARRY AND THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH, IS AMONG OTHER PREVIOUSLY UNSEEN PERSONAL ITEMS ON DISPLAY. THE JIGSAW PUZZLE WAS SENT TO THE QUEEN, FOR WHOM PUZZLES ARE A FAVORITE PAST TIME, IN 1993 AS A GIFT FROM A SPECIALIST JIGSAW PUZZLE MAKER IN LONDON. THE BOX IS LEFT PLAIN BECAUSE THE QUEEN IS UNDERSTOOD TO FIND THAT HAVING A PICTURE TO FOLLOW MAKES THE TASK TOO EASY. ROMANTIC JEWELRY FROM HER PREDECESSORS ARE ALSO ON SHOW. WHEN QUEEN ALEXANDRA (THEN THE PRINCESS OF WALES) GAVE A PAIR OF STUDS AND A TIE PIN TO THE PRINCE OF WALES (LATER KING EDWARD VII), ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THEIR ENGAGEMENT IN 1886 SHE WROTE: 'WEAR THESE FOR LUCK ON ST LEGER DAY.' THE PRINCE DID AS SHE ASKED AND HIS HORSE PERSIMMON WON AT THE ST LEGER STAKES AT DONCASTER. VISITORS CAN ALSO PERUSE A BIRTHDAY BOOK GIVEN TO PRINCESS VICTORIA, DAUGHTER OF KING EDWARD VII, WHEN SHE TURNED EIGHT IN 1876, WHICH SHE FAITHFULLY KEPT OR FIFTY YEARS. A GOLD BANGLE MADE FOR QUEEN ALEXANDRA CONTAINS EIGHT LOCKETS, WHICH OPEN TO REVEAL PICTURES OF HER LADIES IN WAITING AND CLOSEST FRIENDS. SWORDS, SCIMITARS, SPEARS AND FIREARMS PRESENTED TO EDWARD VII DURING A TOUR OF INDIA IN THE 1870s, WHILE STILL PRINCE OF WALES, ARE ALSO ON VIEW.
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