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...Queen's husband, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, will henceforth rank as "first gentleman of the Realm" whenever he is out with his wife. When Elizabeth is not present, Philip, as the most recently created royal duke, will take third place after George VI's brothers: Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, and Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor...
Cardinal Segura complained that a campaign of "benevolence" toward Protestantism had begun with expressions of sympathy for Protestant Britain when King George VI died, and that lately the campaign has increased "in an extraordinarily grave manner." Some people in Spain, he feared, have come to believe "that all religions are equally acceptable in the presence...
...think I speak for thousands of my fellow Canadians when I tell you that your account of the death of King George VI and the ascendancy of Princess Elizabeth was one of the finest and most sympathetic pieces of reporting that I have ever read...
...gulp came into my throat when I read your Feb. 18 article on King George VI. "This simple, decent man." What a tribute. There could be none higher...
...point (Egypt covets it; the British have promised the Sudanese eventual independence), Britain still intends to let the Sudanese decide their own future. But if King Farouk insists on calling himself "King of Egypt and the Sudan" (as he signed himself with the lavish flowers he sent to George VI's funeral), Britain would probably agree-at least to the title. "He may call himself what he likes," is the British attitude...