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...Edinburgh Festival, a new play by Poet-Playwright T. S. Eliot opened to advance notices that it would be crammed with as many esoteric meanings as The Cocktail Party, his 1950 hit. The Confidential Clerk seemed to say that a man is happiest if he follows in his father's footsteps instead of striking out on a new way of life. Reporters closed in on the author to find out what the play really meant. Said Eliot: "The critics have found different meanings, and the critics are never wrong. As far as I am concerned, it means what...
...best man at the 1947 wedding of Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh, arrived back in England after an Italian holiday with Hungarian-born Cinemactress Eva Bartok (real name: Eva Szoke). Meanwhile, in Manhattan, the marchioness (the former Romaine Dahlgren Pierce ["Toodie"] Simpson, a Boston-bred divorcee) took legal steps leading to a divorce or separation suit. London reporters asked the marquess for comment on his wife's action, but it was too "difficult" for him to explain. As for Actress Bartok, he had met her a year ago, and "we . . . have been friendly ever since. That...
...Regency Act. said Rab Butler, should be altered. The plan is to make Queen Elizabeth's husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, regent. The Queen feels it proper that Prince Charles's father, not his 22-year-old aunt, should train the boy for the responsibilities of the throne and shoulder those responsibilities as regent, if need...
...world tour, put down in London for two weeks of sightseeing, partygoing, talks with high officials, and quiet days of writing in the English countryside. In rented morning dress ($5.88) and topper ($1.12), Stevenson bustled off to a Buckingham Palace garden party, met Queen Elizabeth II, the Duke of Edinburgh and Princess Margaret, with whom he had a "delightful conversation." An enthusiastic patter of applause came from the British press, including a left-handed compliment from the Manchester Guardian that he was not at all like the movie-type American. "His tie is quiet, his aspect unhurried ... He speaks without...
...polo match in Sussex, England, the crowd gasped when the fast-galloping Duke of Edinburgh thudded to the ground as his pony skidded on the wet turf, cheered when he picked himself up after a dazed few moments and legged it after his mount. Unhurt except for bruises and scratches, the duke charged back into the game, led his team to a 6-1 victory...