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...judge the telecast one of the wisest acts." To the millions who viewed the coronation on TV sets in Britain were added other millions of viewers in Germany, Holland, France and Belgium. Among the viewers: Chancellor Adenauer in Germany, Queen Juliana in The Netherlands, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor in Paris. Said the duchess: "A very moving ceremony...
Keeping a firm grip on their squirming pug, Trooper, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor bantered merrily with newsmen aboard the S.S. United States as they prepared to sail for a summer's holiday in France. No, said the Duke, he would not see the coronation of his niece. They were on their way to Paris before slipping down to Versailles, where they are converting an old mill into a suburban hideaway...
...following afternoon Churchill's secret was out. At Windsor Castle, while Mrs. Churchill and Princess Margaret looked on, the 78-year-old Prime Minister knelt before his 27-year-old Queen. Taking the ceremonial sword from her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, Elizabeth II touched Churchill, first on the right shoulder, then on the left, and bade him: "Rise, Sir Winston." Then she shook him warmly by the hand and presented him with the insignia of the Most Noble Order of the Garter.* A higher honor of nobility elevating Churchill to the peerage would have removed him from...
Queen Elizabeth II, who will be officially 27 on her State Birthday June 11, became 27 by the calendar. The day was spent quietly at Windsor Castle, where she enjoyed a walk with her children and a family luncheon. Later in the week, armed with her camera, the Queen joined Princess Margaret and a group of royal horse fanciers at Badminton, Gloucestershire, where they spent a day in the country watching the Olympic horse trials. A final note to the birthday week was gleaned by the London Daily Express from a French genealogical book and confirmed by a member...
...Coburn) of an impoverished Roman Catholic college, a cynical ex-football coach (John Wayne) who comes to the school's rescue by trying to put together a winning gridiron team, a pretty probation officer (Donna Reed) who, at the instigation of Wayne's unpleasant ex-wife (Marie Windsor), is investigating whether Wayne's eleven-year-old daughter (Sherry Jackson) is being neglected by her father. By the time Trouble Along the Way reaches its dramatic destination, the football team has won, the school has its funds, and Sherry has a new mother in the person...