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...Majesty King George and her Majesty Queen Mary went to the Alhambra Theatre in Leicester Square, a couple of stone's throws from Buckingham Palace. En route the King caught a cold, later the cold turned to influenza, still later the influenza turned to bronchitis. The King went...
...inner courtyard of Buckingham Palace eight beautiful horses champed impatiently at their bits. The royal state coach?the magnificent guilded vehicle, built in 1761, with its red plush lining and its three genii of England, Scotland and Ireland supporting the imperial crown and holding the sword of state, the sceptre and the emblems of knighthood?stood under the portecochère. Postilions were mounted, and the twelve powdered footmen, dressed in the royal livery, were at their posts. A sudden bustle, the opening of doors, the trampling of many feet, and down the red-carpeted stairs came King George and Queen...
...noble devotion to a moral lunacy." Looms the House of Parliament: "The corruption of democracies proceeds directly from the fact that one class imposes the taxes and another class pays them. . . . Democracy is likely to perish through national bankruptcy. . . . Democracy means a victory of sentiment over reason." Glints Buckingham Palace: "When Christ said 'Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the Earth,' He was thinking of the British Empire." At last the Abbey: "The Church burned Bruno and imprisoned Galileo. The Church has lived by its monopolies and conquered by its intolerance...
...brisk whirl around the corner in a taxi and Buckingham Palace was reached. Mr. Baldwin was immediately ushered into the Presence; and the King-charged him with forming a new Cabinet-a mission which he was prompt to accept...
...Seals. Following the announcement of the new Cabinet, Premier MacDonald and his Cabinet marched to Buckingham and delivered their seals of office to the King. In leaving the Palace gates, the ex-Labor Ministers met the incoming Conservative Cabinet. Hearty greetings were exchanged, which further lends evidence to the fact that the relations between Conservative and Laborite have never been branded with that bitterness which has marred of late those between Liberal and Laborite...