Word: daimler
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Benott marched round to the front of the Palace, made ready to blaze away once more. Hundreds of eyes peered through the iron railing, focused on the small door at the right of the Palace, on the long red plush carpet leading to the dark maroon (almost black) Royal Daimler. Briskly, in an impeccable grey topper, King George walked the carpet, squiring Queen Mary amid lusty cheers. He was going to cele- brate in 100% English fashion by attending the races?for the first time since he went to Goodwood in July 1928. Very, very slowly, at less than...
Shortly, Queen Mary set off in the Royal Daimler with trusty Humphreys at the wheel to inspect the new Prince of Wales's wing in Alexandra Military Hospital at Westminster. While there she made avery special request. Soon the hospital's best, most splendiferous and highest-powered microscope was trained on a fresh and potent germ culture. Placing her eye as directed, the Queen squinted into a microscopic realm where savagery holds lawless sway, stood face to face with the hungry microbes of MALARIA...
...Elizabeth of York who recently was three (TIME, April 29) Famed as "Baby Betty" before she could talk, she now asserts, "I am Lilybet the P'incess!" No one else except the Queen rides out so often with the King, in royalty's big, black, softly-purring Daimler. For three years the P'incess has been an old man's darling, may possibly learn in another three years what it is to be a younger brother's slave...