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Reported in one edition of the London Daily Mirror, dropped before the next, was the engagement of a working girl to the Hon. Gerald David Lascelles, handsome, 18-year-old son of Britain's Princess Royal, nephew of George VI. Icy denials came from Buckingham Palace, but the girl's mother confirmed it. The bride-to-be, if bride she becomes, is slim, dark-haired, 17-year-old June Morris, who works in a factory canteen. "It doesn't matter to me who he is," she said in a declaration half out of Grimm, half...
...White House lawn last week Franklin Roosevelt shook hands with a king. It was the first time since 1939 that the President had entertained one (Great Britain's George VI). This king was George II, nationless monarch of Greece...
...deal effectively with all three services, he was recently promoted from Commodore to Acting Vice Admiral in the Navy, given honorary Army and R.A.F. titles. Today, as Chief of Combined Operations, he has Britain's only unified command. Aside from Lord Louis, only his second cousin George VI and the King's three brothers hold ranks in Army, Navy, R.A.F...
...mornings, reached out eager hands for nonexistent tommy guns, concocted tin-can explosives in the basement and took a desperate delight in the macabre techniques of Spanish Civil War guerrillas. But by last week the Home Guard had dressed ranks and counted off: on its second birthday, King George VI himself, the trade-mark of British character, became the Home Guard's Colonel-in-Chief...
Thus, with all the pageantry of medieval times, with the most elaborate pomp since George VI himself was crowned, back in the days of peace, England last week enthroned the 98th Archbishop of Canterbury. The ceremonies, attended by some 4,000 people, including 45 bishops, many another notable, lasted nearly two hours and a half. Notable absentees: Winston Churchill and Dr. Cosmo Gordon Lang, the last Archbishop of Canterbury. Never-forgotten presence: the spirit of Dr. Temple's father, who was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1896 to 1902 and now lies buried 20 yards from the throne on which...