Word: elizabeth
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Last week, as the birth of Princess Elizabeth's baby drew near, the old custom was smacked down before it even had a chance to raise its head. "The attendance of a minister of the crown at a birth in the royal family," said Buckingham Palace in a succinct announcement, "is not a statutory requirement ... It is merely the survival of an archaic custom, and the King feels it is unnecessary to continue [the] practice...
...sort of dress rehearsal for the impending visit of Britain's George VI and Elizabeth, F.D.R. gave Tacho and Salvadorita the full treatment. The President (with all his Cabinet, congressional leaders and top brass) met them at Washington's Union Station, dined them, put them up at the White House...
...London, Queen Elizabeth was staying indoors for a couple of days with a touch of the grippe...
When the great day came Princess Elizabeth, expecting her child in mid-November, stayed behind at Buckingham Palace. She was looking out of a window when the Irish State Coach (built for Queen Victoria's visit to Dublin) left the palace gate. Londoners packed along the procession route stopped blowing their noses and forgot the biting October wind. A rustling murmur went up: "Here they come...
After watching New York by traditional methods, cars should head for the Holland Tunnel and follow U. S. Route 1 over the Pulaski Skyway and down through Elizabeth. South of New Brungwick, a short road cuts off to Princeton. There are signs all along...