Word: wilhelmina
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...London The Netherlands Government in Exile also underwent a political crisis. Pieter S. Gerbrandy, Holland's Premier since 1940, resigned. Promptly Queen Wilhelmina whisked him back to form a "broader" government...
...Maastricht district the Government clashed with the Resistance forces. The Resistance groups resented the removal of the mayors they had installed in various towns, the restoration of Queen Wilhelmina's prewar officials. They talked loudly of "petticoat government" and the need for "economic democracy." "We took up arms against the Germans," they muttered, "and we can do it again...
...liberated Netherlands too there was distress. Citizens were rationed to 1,040 calories of food daily, less than half enough. Schools were closed. Hospitals were critically short of personnel and medicines. To Queen Wilhelmina's Government in London a Dutch underground leader reported: Communism had gained no converts in Holland but old conservative parties were being radicalized. From Dutchmen in Holland, Dutchmen in exile did not know what to expect...
...Queen Wilhelmina of The Netherlands was admitted by King George VI into Britain's most ancient (founded in 1349), most exclusive (41 living members) Order of the Garter, thus became the first foreign Queen and the third living woman (only others are Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary) entitled to wear on her left arm the society's diamond-studded garter...
...elections is one of several indications that the exiled Government is none too sure of its reception at home. Many Dutchmen expect a demand for widespread governmental reform; few expect any strong demand that the Queen give up her throne. But the possibility exists, and 63-year-old Queen Wilhelmina is canny enough to meet it before it becomes serious...