Word: elizabeth
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Squire Harold Macmillan earnestly read the lesson (Joel 2: 15-16) at the Anglican parish church of Ellesborough. "Blow the trumpet in Zion," he intoned; "call a solemn assembly: gather the people." Barely 36 hours later, after a fast flight to Balmoral Castle in Scotland, Macmillan officially advised Queen Elizabeth that he planned to call a general election...
...Governor General, though he lives in high style at Government House, no longer governs except for the once-in-a-lifetime occasion when politicians disagree, and he must choose a Prime Minister to form a government. Vanier was picked by Prime Minister John Diefenbaker, formally appointed by Queen Elizabeth II, and in all important respects serves as the Queen's standin, exercising her powers and prerogatives. His main function is to exemplify the unifying symbol of the Crown in his travels across the land. His predecessor set an arduous example. Retiring Vincent Massey, 72, in his 7½ years...
Determined, like her cousin Queen Elizabeth to bind the British commonwealth by charm, blue-eyed Princess Alexandra, 22, made her first official visit without her mother, the Duchess of Kent, to an overseas dominion-Australia. After spending three weeks trudging up and down the continent, she demonstrated her famed light touch by taking off her shoes to walk barefoot across the sands of Lindeman Island, off Australia's east coast...
...Anything . . ." Up early next morning, Ike had a leisurely breakfast in his three-room suite on Balmoral's ground floor, met the royal family in a drawing room for a final chat, then with Queen Elizabeth, Prince Philip, Prince Charles and Princess Anne, walked out of the castle onto the closely cropped lawn. As a group of reporters and photographers (admitted to the grounds under a pool arrangement) approached, Ike put his hand on Princess Anne's blonde head. Asked he: "Are you going to learn to cook?" The Queen answered for her daughter: "I'll send...
Making good on a promise given in 1956, Tibet's exiled Dalai Lama posed for Hungarian Artist Elizabeth Brunner at his refuge in Mussoorie, India-the first time the god-king had permitted an artist to paint his portrait from life since his flight from Lhasa. Last week he saw the result: a likeness showing him seated before a religious scroll, holding a Buddhist prayer book...