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...fervent complaint of the late King George VI was attended to: the flattened, ironshod wheels of the Royal State Coach were rounded off and fitted with solid rubber tires. After his own coronation day ride in 1937, the King vowed that no heir of his should be subjected to a similar experience...
...Lord," cried the ailing young King Edward VI, as he signed his name to the charter, "I yield Thee most hearty thanks that Thou hast given me life thus long, to finish this work to the glory of Thy name." A few days later, the King was dead. But the work he performed that day in 1553 lived and flourished. The charter which he signed was a "passinge dede of pittie" to incorporate a school for the children of the poor. Last week all of London was helping to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Edward VI's Christ...
...traditions of Christ's Hospital, none has been more carefully guarded than the mission first set for it by Edward VI: after 400 years, the school can rightfully boast that it "has been practicing the democratic principles of admission which have only recently been applied to English education generally." Sang the Blues in St. Paul's last week...
Sweden's King Gustaf VI, an avid amateur archaeologist, spent a whole day at the Valo High Seat diggings and acted as excited as a schoolboy. When he left, he gave Archaeologist Holmquist a rousing kick in the seat of the pants: the good old Swedish way of wishing him the best of luck in his follow-up diggings...
Actors, generals, presidents and princes (including the British brothers who became Edward VIII and George VI) enjoyed the hospitality of plain Mrs. Bates, who was known as tia (aunt) up and down the west coast. Film Star Clark Gable once journeyed 1,000 miles out of his way just to stay at Quinta Bates. Guests liked to sit in Tia Bates's museum-like house and, over Scotch-and-sodas or pisco sours, listen to her talk. Her memory was long and her stories often spicy. Guests also found the quinta hard to leave (two of them stayed...