Word: elizabeth
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...left in trust to Mrs. Margaret Strong de Cuevas, daughter of the late Bessie Rockefeller Strong, oldest of Rockefeller's five children, and Prof. Charles Augustus Strong, now living in Fiesole, Italy. She is the wife of Marquis George de Cuevas, Spanish nobleman. They have two children. Elizabeth and John. Rockefeller's will explained that he had provided for his other children and grandchildren during his lifetime. First hearing the news, the de Cuevases said, "There must be some mistake." This week, preparing to depart for the U. S. they explained, "We have read about...
Epsom. In grey felt topper and morning coat, King George VI soberly entered the Royal Box. Queen Elizabeth, appearing in powder blue, greeted Queen Mary with a kiss on both cheeks. Behind steeped the Dukes & Duchesses of Gloucester and Kent, the Princess Royal and the Earl of Harewood, and a set of silk-toppered plainclothesmen. From far & near burst a crescendo of cheers from some 250,000 throats. Thus heralded was George VI's first arrival at Epsom Downs as King, to view the 157-year-old racing classic founded by the 12th Earl of Derby...
...evening to Boston to see Cornell in "The Wingless Victory," a warm breeze from the South Seas in her sarong and suffering the inevitable fate of the exotic flower trampled down under the heavy hoof of cold New England. That talented lady must appear Elizabeth Barrett Browning, with or without sarong and Malay hairdress. And, after all, Salem isn't so very far from Wimpole Street...
King George, Queen Elizabeth and Princess Elizabeth reached Portsmouth the evening before, spent the night on the 38-year-old royal yacht, Victoria & Albert. Early next morning newshawks with binoculars could see bareheaded Princess Elizabeth in pink, pattering beside her father round the quarterdeck for a brisk after breakfast constitutional. At 10:30 a.m. with the cool skies rapidly clouding over, the first admirals' barges began to arrive for an official reception, and as more cocked hats and gold lace than Portsmouth harbor had seen for two decades assembled under the yacht's awning the Royal Marines Band...
...first time women were on the bridge of a ship of the royal navy at a formal review. Queen Elizabeth, wearing smoked glasses, stood with her elder daughter on the bridge of the Victoria & Albert, near but not beside King George who stood out alone, clearly visible to every ship in the line, saluting like an automaton for two full hours. Near Princess Elizabeth, doing his best to answer her questions, was King George's cousin and personal naval A.D.C., Commander Lord Louis Mountbatten. The Queen's dark glasses were unnecessary. It was not raining but visibility...