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With a birthday party and a homecoming in the same week, Buckingham Palace was a bustling place for parents, grandparents and small fry alike. Prince Charles a vigorous three, snuffed out his candles with one puff, and highly approved his cake decorated with candy figures of his heroes, Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Pluto. For the papers and people of Britain, a picture of the party also provided a reassuring view of King George VI, the first one since his recent lung operation. It was, said the Daily Mirror, "a picture that will cheer the heart of the nation...
...Good old Winnie," "Good luck, sir," cried the crowds that pressed in on him as Churchill, beaming broadly, smoking a huge cigar and jauntily swinging a cane, called last week at Buckingham Palace to submit his new cabinet to the King...
From this point on, the plot of The Young Visiters fairly races. Amiable Lord Clincham smuggles Mr. Salteena into Buckingham Palace under the alias "Lord Hyssops" and introduces him to the Prince of Wales, who is dressed in "a small but costly crown" and surrounded by "ladies of every...
Bernard and Ethel lived happily ever after, because "he loved Ethel to the bitter end and . . . they had a nice house too." Mr. Salteena was less fortunate: though he had ten children by a nice girl "at Buckingham palace by name Bessie Topp," he was sulky about losing Ethel. "Still he was a pius man in his way and found relief in prayer...
...King, Londoners heard this week, wanted the operation as soon as possible, and it was set for Sept. 22. But careful Price Thomas, who is highly regarded by fellow surgeons for his "good hands," insisted on having emergency (standby) lighting circuits installed in the Buhl Room of Buckingham Palace. That took another...