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London tossed restlessly through a cold, damp night. Hours before dawn, thousands packed the route between Buckingham Palace and the Abbey and strung along the five-mile return route. Chill showers drenched them. As they waited for daylight and a glimpse of history, they squirmed under umbrellas, mackintoshes, soggy blankets and newspapers. "Mad, that's what we are," said one woman to another. "But there's thousands like...
From Mac & Smith. Inside Buckingham Palace, the royal household pulsated with hundreds of last-minute tasks. Breakfast had to be cooked and silver tea trays arranged for 70 extra royal relatives-more house guests than had slept there in 42 years. The Queen arose at 7:30 and kneeled briefly to pray. Her tea tray was brought in the same as everyday, except for a small bouquet of fresh flowers and a note: "With every possible good wish today and always. From Mac and Smith"-her personal maids. For the moment, the handmaidens ruled the Queen. Her beauty expert applied...
...moment experienced before by only 52 men and six women in the 1,100-year history of England's throne had come to the fresh-faced yet stately young mistress of Buckingham Palace. In storybook raiment, with a storybook prince by her side, she stepped down to the courtyard and entered a coach of scarlet and gold...
...least a couple of U.S. contributions figured importantly in the proceedings. The R.A.F. announced that when R.A.F. Jet Squadron 74 whips over Buckingham Palace in a flypast honoring the newly crowned Queen, it will be led by U.S. Air Force Major George W. Milholland, and include three other American flyers on temporary duty with the R.A.F. Another U.S. offering, an ode to Queen Elizabeth by one Palmer H. Hjelle of Minnesota, was, however, politely declined. Sample verse...
...gave up his U.S. citizenship in '1948, was escorted to a London hospital for a psychiatric examination after trying to get into Buckingham Palace to see the Queen. He wanted the Queen's permission to stay in England ("I'm asking for the fundamental right to work"). Released and told to get out of the country (his visitor's permit had expired), he went back to the palace and holed up for the night between cardboard sheets underneath a coronation grandstand. A bobby roused him at 2 a.m. and took him to jail. Brought to court...