Word: earls
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Clarence House, Queen Mary was waiting, perfectly prepared, to curtsy before her. The Queen talked with her grandmother for half an hour, put in a call to Sandringham to her mother and sister, and went over the arrangements for the King's funeral with the Duke of Norfolk (Earl Marshal of England)* and the Earl of Clarendon (Lord Chamberlain). That night, while all Britain listened to Churchill's eloquent eulogy of her father, she rested...
...James's Palace, followed by sergeants-at-arms bearing maces. In the courtyard below stood guardsmen holding rifles and bandsmen with drums muffled in black. As the trumpeters blurted a brassy fanfare, Britain's Garter Principal King of Arms Sir George Bellew - flanked by the Earl Marshal, two more Kings of Arms, six Heralds and three heraldic Pursuivants, all dressed like himself in tabards and cockaded hats and bearing staffs of gold, silver and ebony - stepped forward and raised a huge parchment...
Unlike his three-year-old son Prince Charles, who on his mother's accession automatically became Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Rothesay, Earl of Carrick, Baron of Renfrew, Lord of the Isles and Grand Steward of Scotland, the Duke of Edinburgh has no change in titular status: he is still simply the Queen's husband. It is an awkward and difficult position. His last predecessor was Victoria's German-speaking husband, and Britons took a long time getting used to Albert. Philip, born in Corfu and once sixth in line for the Greek throne, is a great...
Others in the competition were Jean W. Lunn '55, soprano; Anthony W. Morss '53, piano; James D. Wood, Sp., clarinet; Nurhan A. Adrian '54 and Shahan A. Adrian '54, piano duo; Jaroslav F. Hulka '52, French horn; Earl C. Ravenal '52 and Sandor S. Shapiro '54, violin duo; Rosemary MacKown '54, piano, and Vernon Head, viola...
...remains for four well known members of the local company to hold up the major portion of the play. Jan Farrand, too often the temptress in Brattle works, handles the role of Octavia with a naive idealism which is believable despite its inherent weakness. Cavada Humphrey and Earl Montgomery represent the hypocrisy of our American democracy carefully and accurately, and Michael Wager returns to Cambridge in a difficult role which he carries off with the skill and understanding of a seasoned actor...