Word: wilhelmina
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...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...
State of Siege. In the future of The Netherlands, the underground expects to play a powerful part, and exiled Queen Wilhelmina has already recognized its strength. When she and her Prime Minister, gnomish, pink-&-white Dr. Pieter S. Gerbrandy, return to Holland, they will carry a three-stage plan: 1) underground leaders will be given places in the Government immediately; 2) the country will be kept in a state of siege until the Germans and their Dutch collaborators are purged, the war with Japan finished; 3) when conditions permit, in the Queen's and Cabinet's view...
...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...
...blue uniform of his air force. Other limousines brought the witnesses: Britain's George VI, the bridegroom's godfather, and Greece's George II, the bride's uncle. Among the guests: Britain's Queen Elizabeth, Norway's King Haakon, Holland's Queen Wilhelmina...