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Many Londoners instinctively headed for Buckingham Palace, to stand for hours in a cold drizzle of rain, despite the fact that none of the royal family was in residence there. Others gathered outside 10 Downing Street, the Prime Minister's house, outside Clarence House, Elizabeth and Philip's home, outside Queen Mary's Marlborough House and dark, rambling St. James's Palace, where the new Queen's accession would be proclaimed. They were not waiting for a show; no pageantry or display was expected that night. They just felt that was the place...
...looking as weary as any other man of 50 who had lived through those years, George VI stood on the balcony of Buckingham Palace and heard his people sing with full and grateful hearts...
...along with Canada's developing national consciousness, the feeling grew that sooner or later, precedent would have to be broken. Last week it was. On Ottawa's recommendation, an announcement from Buckingham Palace designated Toronto-born Vincent Massey, 64, scholar and diplomat, as Canada's next Governor General...
...London, Buckingham. Palace Guest Ruth Draper was given the honorary rank of Commander of the Order of the British Empire. The decoration was recently presented personally by King George VI, whose father & mother first enjoyed Actress Draper's character sketches at a performance in Windsor Castle back...
...plane at London's Northolt Airport. A Daimler with a British crown on its windshield whisked him off to the finest suite (101-102) at Claridge's. Next day, Winston Churchill welcomed him at lunch at 10 Downing Street; at week's end he drove to Buckingham Palace to spend a chatty half hour with King George VI. To make the honored guest feel at home in chilly London, the British government rounded up 200 of his fellow countrymen to take sherry with him at his hotel...