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Since Lytton Strachey published his Queen Victoria 15 years ago, that classic portrait of a just and virtuous monarch, first Empress of India, devoted wife and inconsolable widow, has scarcely been challenged by biographers. Readers might feel that Strachey had not told them all that was to be said about Victoria, but they were likely to be convinced, upon finishing his book, that he had told them about all they wanted to hear. In the shadow of that disadvantage Edith Sitwell last week offered a balanced, well-rounded-study of the Queen that included little new information about her, much...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Celebrities & Shims | 8/10/1936 | See Source »

...Majesty King Edward VIII and the heir to the throne, His Royal Highness the Duke of York, flew in the same plane 300 miles last week, inspecting aircraft stations. An accident might thus have instantaneously made charming 10 year-old Princess ("Lilybet") Elizabeth, the Sovereign Queen and Empress...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: The Crown: Jul. 20, 1936 | 7/20/1936 | See Source »

Just now, they thought, it is extremely risky to publish an edition of the Church of England's Prayer Book. Reason: If the King-Emperor marries, prayers will have to be included for the Queen-Empress. Last week the Prayer Book's printers rushed to Lloyd's, insured themselves heavily...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: The Crown: Jul. 13, 1936 | 7/13/1936 | See Source »

Born. To Bao Dai, 23, Buddhist Emperor of Annam; and his Roman Catholic Empress Marie N'Guyen Houhao, 20; a son, their first; in Hue, Annam...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jun. 8, 1936 | 6/8/1936 | See Source »

Almost religious was the mood in which millions of Britons had said good-by to the namesake of splendid Queen Empress Mary. On sailing day, agony columns of London newspapers carried such items as these : "R. m. s. QUEEN MARY - Veteran voyage (first crossed in M. 70's) Godspeed. MAY ALL THE VERY BEST CONDITIONS ATTEND YOU RIGHT THROUGHOUT YOUR CAREER. May all your ways be pleasant ways. And all your paths be peace. And may He be with you every step...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Stateliest Ship | 6/8/1936 | See Source »

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