Word: koningin
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...interrupted 13 times by applause. When she finished-"Let us all do the best we can. Leave the rest to God. He will not forsake this poor world . . ."-Congress gave her a standing ovation. Outside, as she left, a blonde Dutch girl yelled: "Hiep, hiep, hoem. Hoera de Koningin!" The Queen beamed; Bernhard smiled and winked...
Lang Leave de Koningin...
That night she talked again of war as she went to a foodless and drinkless reception at the Astor. The ballroom was draped with the ancient provincial emblems of the Dutch. Some 4,000 friends of The Netherlands cried "Lang Leve de Koningin" as the Queen walked to her chair on a dais, stiffly waving her white-gloved hand. While everyone else stood up, the monarch remained seated in her chair, told her audience in Dutch: "When ultimately victory is ours and this terrible time belongs to the past, there will rest upon our shoulders the heavy duty of building...
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