Word: margarets
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Next day the Pacific National Exhibition held its bathing beauty contest in Vancouver. Of 14 entrants, only three were Roman Catholics. The winner: Brunette Margaret Brain, 17, a Protestant (Church of England) from Prince Rupert...
Last week, over the granite towers of Balmoral Castle fluttered Princess Margaret's own new standard.* She was 18. Coming of age meant that she will have to attend more & more official functions (her first: Juliana's inauguration as queen next month). She will also have more freedom from family control on such matters as staying out late, wearing makeup, dressing smartly. Margaret dislikes her royal duties, though she enjoys the prerogatives of her station. When she was down with measles last May she remembered a young Highland officer of her acquaintance who had had measles...
...heroine of the episode was Princess Margaret. Growing up, she was not as gentle as her gentle friend Barrie pictured her. She became a terror to "Crawfie" (Miss Marion Crawford), her governess. At ten, she shocked her graver sister by noting that her nursery footman was "frightfully handsome." At 14, Margaret was caught sampling the King's champagne. At a recent party, the King told her not to drink any more sherry. "If you don't let me have another glass," said Margaret promptly, "I won't launch your old ships for you." The King gave...
...Balmoral last week the birthday party was quieter than Margaret would have liked. It stopped at midnight Saturday to avoid criticism by strict Scottish Sabbatarians, who had been ruffled recently when Princess Elizabeth took in the races, theater and a nightclub in Paris on a Sunday. The King toasted his daughter in champagne. A helicopter brought thousands of birthday greetings. Britain wondered (and doubted) whether Margaret would settle down. Said an East End docker last week: "I bet she's a handful...
...Princess Margaret, 18, faced her first trip outside the Empire next fortnight: a hop to Amsterdam, where she would officially represent her folks at Juliana's investiture...