Word: buckingham
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...James's, which gave its name to the British royal court, was a residence of British sovereigns for 300 years (until Victoria selected Buckingham Palace), later was the official residence of the Duke of Windsor, then Prince of Wales. The old brick palace suffered mainly from blast. All its stained glass on the north side was blown in, along with the great mullioned windows of the Chapel Royal. The clock face in the north side of the tower, a London landmark, was blown away...
...York Daily Newsman Howard Whitman went around to Buckingham Palace to see how the King was getting...
...palatial Dorchester Hotel, his London day began at 9, when he personally answered his personal mail, ended at 11, when he made his daily entry in the personal diary he has kept faithfully for 25 years. He had much to record. There had been two luncheons at Buckingham Palace: a formal affair during which he sat near Princess Elizabeth, and a private meal with the King & Queen. He spent a weekend with Churchill at Chequers, talked personally with soldiers like Eisenhower and Montgomery, politicians like Foreign Secretary Eden and Dominions
There is one more chore: dinner and the evening out. Jan Smuts tries to be home and in bed by 11. Sometimes he must stay longer. One recent night, when he dined at Buckingham Palace, he sat beside Princess Elizabeth, the Heiress Presumptive, had a chance to get better acquainted with a pillar of her Empire. Most menacing to Jan Smuts's sleep are Winston Churchill's dinners. Britain's Prime Minister likes to talk on & on, until 2 or 3 a.m., sipping the South African brandy which his good right hand, Jan Smuts, thoughtfully brought along...
...Yellow Canary (RKO-Radio) is porcelain-jawed Anna Neagle sacrificing her good name by flashlighting the Luftwaffe's way to Buckingham Palace. Just to watch reputable Cinemactress Neagle play a fifth columnist for half a picture-length without once tipping the audience a wink or an apology is rather novel. More traditional kinds of suspense involve saboteurs, spies, counterspies and a plot to blow up Halifax. There is also a stunningly funny old comic (Margaret Rutherford), playing the sort of tetched, tweedy Englishwoman whose lightest whisper is a yawp. As a spy-thriller, the picture would be no better...