1.princess chongchitra a granddaughter of king chulalongkorn rama V of siam describes memories of her upbringing in the inner court of the grand palace
2.the article is the record of an interview by the daughter of a relative of the princess who was 80 years old at the time
3.rama V was modernising siam
4.he instituted the country's first school with english women teachers where princess chongchitra was educated before she went to live in the palace
5.the palace was designed as a hybird of european and traditional siamese features
6.the princess rekates how life was in palace in it self a little city
7.its denizens were the many hundreds of rama Vs wives and children
8.condition were crowded and without running water or a sewage system
9.nonetheless they all kept clean and cool by frequent bathing and applying flower-scented water
10.while hard and often dull court life taught her the qualities of fortitude courage and unselfish service
11.after king chulalongkorn's death in 1910, his successor chose not to live in the palace so life there became monotonous for the surviving royalty