Word: reigns
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Queen Elizabeth II begins her reign in a perilously shaken world. A point of stability is the firm link of legitimacy between the two great English-speaking commonwealths...
...Reader Woodward is right as reign. A tch to the TIME researcher who misplaced a Habsburg...
...London's winding, grey streets and Britain's wintry countryside, cares, queues and cold war persisted. But for the moment, they were overshadowed by the ceremony of death and the proclamation of a new reign...
...Grace of God, Queen of this realm and all her other realms and territories, head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith, to whom her lieges do acknowledge all faith and constant obedience with hearty and humble affection; beseeching God by Whom kings and queens do reign to bless the royal Princess Elizabeth II with long and happy years to reign over us. God Save the Queen...
...British Dominions Beyond the Seas, King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India." Gone now are references to "Ireland, Dominions and Empire." The Republic of India recognizes Elizabeth as head of the Commonwealth, but not as Queen. * The sun has set an hour late at Sandringham ever since the reign of George V, who had the clocks set forward to provide more time for shooting. The new Queen decided that she would preserve the custom. † The Queen proclaimed full mourning until May 31, an unusually short period, indicating that the coronation may take place this summer. During this period...