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...take full politi cal advantage of his position as Commander in Chief of the U.S. Armed Forces, perhaps from a strategy conference in London. In London the iron railings in front of the American Embassy are getting a fresh coat of paint and gold trimmings, fancywork denied even to Buckingham Palace since 1939. Said Painter Joby Plumb: "This 'ere gilt paint, it's worth houses. Ain't seen none like this for years...
...James's, which gave its name to the British royal court, was a residence of British sovereigns for 300 years (until Victoria selected Buckingham Palace), later was the official residence of the Duke of Windsor, then Prince of Wales. The old brick palace suffered mainly from blast. All its stained glass on the north side was blown in, along with the great mullioned windows of the Chapel Royal. The clock face in the north side of the tower, a London landmark, was blown away...
...York Daily Newsman Howard Whitman went around to Buckingham Palace to see how the King was getting...
...Carpet. "I decided to see how far I'd get as a reporter. The first step was to look up Buckingham Palace in the telephone book and call Whitehall 4832. When I got His Majesty's press agent representative on the wire, instead of saying to him 'Hey Butch, how about a squint at the big shot?' I had to call him Sir Eric and couch my request in Sunday language.* It worked...
...palatial Dorchester Hotel, his London day began at 9, when he personally answered his personal mail, ended at 11, when he made his daily entry in the personal diary he has kept faithfully for 25 years. He had much to record. There had been two luncheons at Buckingham Palace: a formal affair during which he sat near Princess Elizabeth, and a private meal with the King & Queen. He spent a weekend with Churchill at Chequers, talked personally with soldiers like Eisenhower and Montgomery, politicians like Foreign Secretary Eden and Dominions