3-017-319 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Floors Castle, Kelso, seat of the Duke of Roxburghe, visited by Prince and Princess of Wales, 1865. 'The Prince and Princess of Wales [future King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra] left Kelso by a special train on Saturday night, in time to catch the express up train from York, and arrived in London at half-past eight on Sunday morning. They had been staying since the previous Tuesday with the Duke and Duchess of Roxburghe, at Floors Castle, in the vicinity of the town of Kelso. This mansion, the name of which has been corrupted from the "Palais de Fleurs," its original name, is pleasantly situated on the north bank of the Tweed. It was built, in 1718, by Vanbrugh, but has undergone many alterations and improvements. The sloping lawn in front of the house, and the verdant park, which is planted with fine old trees, make this a very agreeable residence in the summer and in fine weather'. From "Illustrated London News", 1865.