Word: royale
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Lord Mountbatten, Governor General of the Dominion of India, got the royal nod from his cousin, George VI, on his selection of titles to go with his new earldom (TIME, Aug. 25). Henceforth, it was announced in London, he will be known as Earl Mountbatten of Burma and Baron Romsey of Romsey...
...M.P.s there would be 50 "pavement tickets" distributed by ballot, permitting a few lucky members to stand outside New Palace Yard, but John Donnelly, a sergeant major of the Royal Artillery, was assured of a seat in the Abbey to represent his regiment, the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, of which Elizabeth is colonel-in-chief...
...week the drab machinery of British government was once again clothed in fancy dress. Against a misty background that might have been borrowed from Gilbert & Sullivan's lolanthe, the towers of Westminster stood pale and blue. Before them, brightly uniformed guardsmen strutted to the music of proud tarantaras. Royal Artillerymen in bearskins and tunics heavy with gold fired salutes from the park, while cavalrymen with gleaming, upraised sabers marched jet black steeds. From Buckingham Palace in gilded coaches came Their Majesties, King George, Queen Elizabeth and Princess Elizabeth, to open the third session of Parliament under the Labor Government...
Crowds lined the streets to watch the royal procession, and in the ornate House of Lords befurred peeresses, morning-coated peers and Members of Parliament bowed as the King took his place in. front of a row of bewigged law lords in scarlet and ermine. But when the King stood up to deliver his official speech, beneath the royal panoply the overalls of Labor were plainly visible...
Found: Henry VIM's missing iron pants-the ones that match the iron jacket on display in the Tower of London. Generations of royal armorers had hunted them; they turned up standing under a less glorious top, in a shadowy hall of Scrivelsby Court in Lincolnshire. Historical note: lusty Henry had not always looked like Charles Laughton-the pants' waistline measured only 34 inches...