Word: queen
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Since then I have surreptitiously bought your magazine from time to time, for it is so readable. I fell from grace again, and was delighted to read what you had to say about Queen Elizabeth's visit to Canada and about the Commonwealth generally. I might renew my subscription...
...British Commonwealth," said Lord Hailsham, deputy leader of the House of Lords, "is hopeless to define." In its cover story on Queen Elizabeth II (June 29), TIME tackled the job of definition. Last week the British government had ordered 9,000 copies to send out to increase understanding of the Commonwealth...
...royal visit to Chicago lasted only 14 hours, but it was the most lavish 14 hours of pageantry in Chicago's history, and the warmest reception Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip have had so far on their North American tour...
...that Rhodes scholars were British agents in disguise) flew the Union Jack from its tower. As the royal couple acknowledged greetings from a welcoming party of seven Midwestern Governors and 40 mayors, pressing throngs surged forward, fairly overran the 2,000 city police who were assigned to guard the Queen. "That's a lovely billy-I'd like to borrow it some time," cracked Prince Philip to a Chicago cop as he eyed the yelling people. "Hi, Liz!" they cried. "Hey, Queen!" That night at a glittering dinner (with gold tablecloths, gold service, 50,000 roses) given...
...midnight, her tiara sparkling in the blazing lights. Queen Elizabeth bade Chicago farewell. As sirens wailed and fireworks plumed above the lake, Queen and Prince boarded Britannia to sail on to Sault Ste. Marie and Port Arthur. In the harbor, a lone amateur trumpeter, on the deck of his cabin cruiser, touchingly sounded his own version of Pomp and Circumstance...