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...been weak and frail since Christmas, when she contracted a chest infection at Sandringham, the royal retreat in Norfolk. She was dependent on a wheelchair and still had a worrying cough in early February, when her second daughter, Margaret, died in London at age 71 after a series of strokes. Nevertheless, the Queen Mother insisted on attending the Princess's funeral at Windsor. The Archbishop of Canterbury recalled that at the St. George's Chapel service, she stood in tribute as Margaret's coffin passed...
...royal deaths, of Princess Margaret and the Queen Mother, will doubtless cast a pall on the Golden Jubilee, the 50th anniversary of Elizabeth II's reign. Still, early indications from the palace suggest that the celebrations will continue more or less as planned. The Queen Mother would have wanted it that way. More than that, she undoubtedly would have wanted to be a part of them...
Accession to the throne made Elizabeth no less approachable. As mother to the Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret, she schooled them in such ladylike arts as dancing and drawing. As wife to the shy and stammering King, she encouraged him through his speeches and put him at ease with her outgoing charm. Dressed often in flamboyant wide-brimmed hats, Britain's first commoner Queen in almost four centuries never stood on ceremony. "She came into royalty from the outside," remembered an old friend, "and she brought a naturalness and spontaneity that are trained out of royalty...
Lindsey Wilkins, in addition to her All-Ivy first-team selection, was named Ivy Rookie of the Year, marking the second consecutive time Harvard has earned the honor. Hall was named the Ivy League’s top newcomer last year, while senior Margaret Elias shared the award with Cornell’s Olga Puigdemont Sola...
...Margaret C. Anadu ’03 is a computer science concentrator in Cabot House...