Word: queenly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Priceless Possession. As the royal yacht moved closer to shore at the river's mouth, the Queen was more plainly discernible. Like perhaps a thousand or more other mothers on the shore at that precise moment, she was firmly gripping the coat collar of her squirming son to keep him from leaning too perilously over the rail. The cheers that rose at the sight of her familiar, youthful, dignified figure on the Britannia's deck were tinged with relief and thanksgiving. It is part of the family feeling that characterizes the British attitude toward its monarchy that...
...seems always to be the case on Elizabeth's great occasions, it was chill, dank and raining as Britain's 28-year-old Queen returned to England last week for the first time in nearly six months. But not even a generous sample of what all Britons have come to call "the Queen's weather" could cool the warmth of her welcome. Crowds rivaling those which thronged London for the coronation lined the royal route from Westminster Pier where Elizabeth stepped ashore...
...ring over London with no note of jealous possessiveness, no claim that the capital is taking back to itself a priceless possession that has been on loan . . . for it is the other Commonwealth countries which have a right to ask of Britain today that we should not overwork their Queen...
...third and final convocation will take place October 31 in the New York Cathedral, with Queen Mother Elizabeth of England as the honored guest...
...Drew a Woman . . ." The Inside Struggle is too full of dated political catch-as-catch-can to make consistently interesting reading, but thanks to the Ickes bluntness, there are small rewards scattered throughout. At a dinner for King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, "I drew a woman who is a spiritual and physical offense to me ... I suppose that she must be about 60 years old. . . She clutched my arm and drew me close to her steaming and opulent form." Ickes got out of talking to her by pretending he was deaf in his left ear. Of F.D.R...