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...show that Londoners no longer need to live in deadly fear of air raids, the City of Westminster (where Parliament, Westminster Abbey, Whitehall, Buckingham Palace are situated) opened for inspection eight elaborate systems of concrete-lined, covered trenches...
...week's end Prince Paul did something more to his liking when he entrained for London to be the guest at Buckingham Palace of King George and Queen Elizabeth. The Prince and his wife, Princess Olga, insisted their visit was a private affair to see the Duke & Duchess of Kent before their departure in November for Australia, where the Duke will assume his duties of Governor General. Princess Marina, the Duchess, is Princess Olga's sister...
Scalawaggy, 3-year-old Prince Edward, son of the Duke and Duchess of Kent, who had to be removed from the balcony at Buckingham Palace when he tried to heave a pillow over, last week raised another ruckus. When his parents left for the wedding of Princess Irene of Greece and the Duke of Spoleto in Florence, he wanted to go too, had to be respectfully carried back into the palace by a footman...
...years ago last December, when the Duke of York changed his name and title at a few days' notice to George VI of Great Britain, he also perforce changed his address from 145 Piccadilly to Buckingham Palace. Since February 1937, 145 Piccadilly, a few steps from the main entrance to Hyde Park, has remained closed. Last week it was thrown open to the public with a show of 1,300 "Royal and Historic Treasures" which, to the public at least, constituted the most spectacular exhibition of the season...
...they were to have them back. Planes and more battleships will meet them at sea to escort them into Southampton. A five-car special will whisk them to London, where their children, Queen Mary and the Cabinet will be waiting at the station. In the is-minute procession to Buckingham Palace the Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose will ride in the open landau with their father and mother. There will be no formal decorations, but residents along the way are invited to display "spontaneous" decorations, and M.P.s will gather outside the Houses of Parliament to cheer. State business-discussions with...