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...triple stays of monarchy-were impressively represented in the persons of eight Prime Ministers (of Ceylon, Pakistan, India, South Africa, New Zealand, Australia, Canada and Britain), two Archbishops (York and Canterbury), and the Lord High Chancellor of England in full-bottomed wig and gown. Last came Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and then, with joyous fanfare of trumpets, Her Majesty, the Queen...
...daylight or Abbey shadows, or under TV klieg lights-"a peach-tinted liquid foundation, a touch of red-blue powder rouge . . ." The coronation gown, bejeweled and embroidered white satin, swished softly. On top of it went the crimson parliamentary robe to be worn to the Abbey. The Duke of Edinburgh, blond and handsome in the uniform of an admiral of the fleet, joined her, and together they visited the nursery to say good morning to their excited children, Prince Charles and Princess Anne. Then it was time...
...hundred years after Scottish Physician James Lind published A Treatise of the Scurvy, proving that citrus juices would protect sailors, world-famed nutritionists gathered in Edinburgh at the unveiling of a plaque in his memory. Lind died 137 years before the secret of his triumph was found in vitamin C. The thrifty Scots never did much to honor him: his plaque was by courtesy of Sunkist...
...following afternoon Churchill's secret was out. At Windsor Castle, while Mrs. Churchill and Princess Margaret looked on, the 78-year-old Prime Minister knelt before his 27-year-old Queen. Taking the ceremonial sword from her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, Elizabeth II touched Churchill, first on the right shoulder, then on the left, and bade him: "Rise, Sir Winston." Then she shook him warmly by the hand and presented him with the insignia of the Most Noble Order of the Garter.* A higher honor of nobility elevating Churchill to the peerage would have removed him from...
...such indignation (in your April 6 Letters column) over Queen Elizabeth removing her wrap unassisted ... I am sure a request [to the Duke of Edinburgh] in the form of a discreet nudge in the ribs would have brought him to her instant...