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...bring his wife round to The Boltons for "a jolly time." Surely, not even Fairbanks could bring that off. But last November the Queen accepted. The Fairbankses were in a state of jitters all day before the dinner. It was not eased when an unidentified voice, possibly a hoaxter, called to say that the power company was going to have to shut off their electricity that evening for emergency reasons. The lights stayed on, but a doctor rushed over before dinner to administer a sedative to the frantic host...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: By a Little Finger | 1/26/1953 | See Source »

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