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Word: queene (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...thousand Britons crowded into Hyde Park last week on Queen Victoria's birthday, more popularly known as Empire Day, which England sets aside to honor her great inheritance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Empire Day | 6/3/1929 | See Source »

Great was the celebration in Windsor when the royal motorcade drove through High Street. Pinafored schoolchildren waved flags and screamed excitedly. The merry housewives of Windsor showered rose petals on King George's sober limousine. At the foot of Queen Victoria's statue stood the black-robed mayor and red-robed Town Councilors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: The Crown | 5/27/1929 | See Source »

Instantly cleared of suspicion was the King's private secretary, Baron Stamford-ham, courtly letter-writer and precise putterer, characterized by Queen Victoria as "a model of tact and diplomacy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: The Crown | 5/27/1929 | See Source »

...King, even in the days of misfortune afflicted by the death of the Queen-Mother, Maria Christina. When I conclude my address you will pronounce the words for the opening of this exposition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPAIN: Seville Exposition | 5/20/1929 | See Source »

Other distinguished onlookers were King Prajadhipok of Siam and his Queen, and Acting-Governor Eugene Allen Gilmore of the Philippines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Spectacle | 5/20/1929 | See Source »

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