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...Hasn't Looked Well." In the gloomy drizzle of rain outside the iron gates of Buckingham Palace, small groups of people with deep concern written on their faces gathered from all over London. As two Coldstream Guards in top-heavy busbies and flaming tunics paraded back & forth on sentry-go, the people talked among themselves in the hushed tones of relatives in a hospital anteroom. "He hasn't looked well for the longest time," said one old lady with an air of authority. "He must be very sick, God bless him," said another...
...Buckingham Palace and Margaret's room there: "There's nothing remotely royal about it," said a friend. "It is the kind of room you might expect to belong to the younger daughter of a rather old-fashioned country house." ¶for the Cancan Margaret danced two years ago (TIME, July...
...recalled how the 1939 tour by the King & Queen drew the biggest crowds ever known in Canada. A flood of messages descended on Ottawa from practically every city and hamlet, begging to be included in the itinerary of the Prince & Princess. But such details will have to wait until Buckingham Palace reveals how long Elizabeth and Philip intend to stay (they will probably also visit the U.S.). The Ottawa Journal suggested that the Princess might stay a while as Canada's governor-general: "There could be no better experience for a future British ruler than a term as governor...
...wealthy Chicago spinster named Kate Buckingham had two consuming interests: art and Alexander Hamilton. Regarding Hamilton as "one of the least appreciated of the great Americans," she decided to build him an eye-catching memorial. To this end she set aside $1,000,000 of the fortune her father, Ebenezer Buckingham, had made in banking and grain elevators. Before her death in 1937, Kate commissioned a heroic statue of Hamilton from Sculptor John Angel, and was considering as its setting a monumental eye catcher, designed by Finnish Architect Eliel Saarinen, with four 80-ft. fluted granite pillars topped by huge...
Last week, 14 years after Kate Buckingham's death, ground was finally broken for a less conspicuous monument to be constructed in Lincoln Park. The new 130-ft.-sq. memorial should still attract plenty of attention. On top of three stone terraces a polished black granite pylon would rise 70 feet, dwarfing the 13-ft. statue of Hamilton (completed ten years ago) - not to mention the park's 12-ft. bronze Lincoln...