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...grey, but millions of Londoners lined the route of the royal procession from Buckingham Palace to Westminster. WRENs in uniform perched on the Admiralty roof; pajama-clad residents of Carlton House Terrace clung to chimneys. The cheers swelled in ear-splitting waves. By historic chance, V-J day came on the day the new Labor-dominated Parliament opened. In one burst Britons were hailing victory, the Crown and Socialism...
...Minister of Labor George Isaacs, 62. Isaacs, who is a leader of the powerful Trades Union Congress, began his ministerial career by settling a serious railwaymen's strike twelve hours after taking office. A onetime printer's devil, he went to Buckingham Palace for his seals of office in a grey flannel suit, because "I hadn't the time to get myself up all posh...
Queen Elizabeth had a ringing week. It began when Metropolitan Opera Star Marjorie Lawrence sang for her at Buckingham Palace and Princess Elizabeth's dog Crackers (a Corgi) barked during a Carmen aria (excitement, explained the Queen). Then the bells of St. Paul's paid tribute, for the first time since the start of the war, to the Queen's birthday (her 45th...
...London flew Prime Minister Winston Churchill, to give King George VI a firsthand report of the Big Three meeting. Then, back at No. 10 Downing Street, he waited for the election count. Next evening, when defeat was sure, he went back to Buckingham Palace to resign and hand over to the King the seals of office. His Majesty offered him the Order of the Garter. Churchill refused the dignity. An hour later he issued a statement...
...Three meeting would last perhaps two weeks. After that, Harry Truman would go to London, where a guest room at Buckingham Palace was being put in readiness. And there were hints of further travels to come...