Word: sikhs
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Whether or not she had snubbed Gerry, the Queen was neither ill nor standoffish two days later when some 7,000 guests swarmed over Buckingham Palace grounds for a garden party. Peers and plain people, a Maltese Boy Scout, a Sikh naval officer, the president of the Mormon Church, a pink-trousered lady from Pakistan and a bearded artist in a bright green suit were just a few of those among whom the Queen strolled, chatting pleasantly and shaking hands at an average of once every 15 seconds. Even a downpour of rain which sent many guests scuttling into...