Word: honeymooned
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After the ceremony, the wedding party listened to Negro spirituals, sung by a choir on the lawn. After the wedding breakfast, bride & groom set out for a honeymoon in a rented automobile...
That was in 1840. Last week, as Britain's Princess Elizabeth and her husband returned from their Scottish honeymoon, members of the House of Commons were once again deep in debate over royal allowances. A special committee recommended raising Elizabeth's income from ?15,000 to ?40,000 a year and granting Philip an annual ?10,000 of his own. Laborite after Laborite decried the extravagance, protesting loudly that the royal couple should share the nation's austerity. But as the wrangling proceeded, Philip and Elizabeth found an unexpected champion in the arch-champion of Laborite austerity...
...Party Missed. Meanwhile, Philip, on his first day back from his honeymoon, reported for duty in the Operations Section of the Admiralty, using a side door to dodge the mobs of curious women thronging the front entrance. Next day he drove his bride over to examine Clarence House, their 32-room London house, where workmen were still clearing up blitz damage. Until Clarence House and Windlesham Moor, their country house, are ready for them, Elizabeth and Philip are staying on with the family at Buckingham Palace. Late in the week, they ducked the annual Christmas Party for the Palace servants...
London's enterprising Daily Mirror had reporters explore the Mountbatten honeymoon house at Broadlands before it was barred to the press. Thus the Mirror, by dint of a little imagination, was able to take its readers across the threshold and right up to lights...
...excitement, the press dropped a few aitches. It was not sure whether Elizabeth took one dog or two on the honeymoon, whether the pet was a Welsh Corgi named Crackers, or Susan, or (according to one slip) just a dog named Corgi...