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...British Court is officially at St. James's Palace (named after Eton College's hospital on the site which Henry VIII bought in 1532). Here men are received by George V at levees, ladies being presented at Buckingham Palace, where Their Majesties reside. Thus the Court of St. James's (Palace) is the form in common use. But Subscriber Church is quite right in his citation of the official ruling. Henceforth TIME will use the simpler form. Also for simplicity TIME will continue to call George V "King of England," rather than (officially) "of Great Britain . . . King...
London throngs cheered returning Scot MacDonald who went first to his oculist, second to Buckingham Palace for an audience of 70 minutes. Premier Herriot declared emphatically on reaching Paris: "In case the United States does not agree to debt reduction, France will remain in her previous position. That means that the entire reparations problem would have to be gone over again. That was the extent of our engagement at Lausanne...
...first time the limousines wer kept moving briskly, the ladies alighted with record speed, did their waiting inside Buckingham Palace, safe from the jokes and jibes of London's unemployed...
...Irishman had disagreed flatly concerning the Free State's right to abolish her Deputies' oath of fealty to England's King. Tight-lipped and hard-eyed, President de Valera left for Dublin and the Prime Minister's car sped from Downing Street to Buckingham Palace. As he has done several times before, George V succeeded in bucking up Scot MacDonald who had entered the Palace glum, emerged beaming to catch the train for Paris with Sir John Simon, his Foreign Minister. The Press asked: "Are you leaving with great hopes?" The Prime Minister nodded vigorously...
...custom started by Edward VII. Flunkeys bring food, linen, silver from Buckingham Palace...