Word: parliaments
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...dead earnest, the private comments of not a few ruling-class Britons on the international situation as Parliament convened last week were in this vein: Until our Rearmament is a good deal nearer completion, there is nothing for the Government to do but continue putting as good a face as possible on the fact that Britain for the time being is not a First-Class Power. Such a policy is deeply repugnant to us and to the country, and it will be pursued no longer than is absolutely necessary, but at present it is the only safe policy-and Britain...
...Intervention in Spain, and this enabled the British to score a "diplomatic triumph'' for window dressing (see p. 24). Thus all was set for members of His Majesty's Government to come beaming with success to the final meeting of Edward VIII's Parliament last week...
...graciously pleased to assent to the text of his Speech from the Throne, drawn up by the Chamberlain Cabinet, and to assent to its being read to the Lords and Commons last week by the Lord Chancellor, Viscount Hailsham. This usual procedure of opening the last session of a Parliament did not necessitate the presence of Their Majesties, and Viscount Hailsham read with traditional decorum such phrases from the King's Speech as "the Queen...
...Speech, referring to monies voted by Parliament exclusively to members of the Royal Family other than the Duke of Windsor, thanked the Lords and Commons "for the provision you have made for the honor and dignity of The Crown." It said that the immediate cessation of "pirate" attacks by submarines in the Mediterranean after the Nyon agreement has made the King "happy." His Majesty noted "with satisfaction the strengthening of all three of my defense forces" and hoped that the coming Nine-Power Brussels Conference on China and Japan "may contribute to bring this deplorable conflict...
...Buckingham Palace the heiress to the Throne, strong-willed little Princess Elizabeth, bothered the King & Queen at this juncture in World affairs by insisting that she and her little sister Princess Margaret Rose be permitted to ride with Their Majesties in the glittering State Coach to the opening of Parliament this week. Their Majesties had resolved that their little daughters shall not be "spoiled" by too much public acclaim. Princess Elizabeth lost her battle at the last moment and she and her sister rode to the opening in the coach of Lady Helen Graham, which followed the royal conveyance. Asserting...