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Dates: during 1940-1949
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> Lilies as we know them today are not native to the Holy Land. The lily of the Old Testament is usually the lotus or iris; the "lilies of the field" which outshone Solomon are anemones.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Biblical Botany | 3/31/1941 | See Source »

Married. Lady Iris Mountbatten, cousin of George VI and great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria; and Captain Hamilton O'Malley, of the Irish Guards; at Haywards Heath, Sussex, England. Her cousin Lady Louis Mountbatten was a great friend of their cousin, Edward Windsor.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Feb. 24, 1941 | 2/24/1941 | See Source »

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