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... PORTRAITS '>lf Wiy MWr SIMON HARCOURT- SMITH t_! Bread and Greatness HOW precious, how engaging a quality is candour among statesmen! For years our Press and our Ministers have contorted themselves to avoid saying one word that might hurt the susceptibilities of the American people. The result has been an American suspicion that we were soft- soaping them, and puzzled British resentment ...
... The King of the Hellenes attended the wedding of Mr. George FitzRoy Seymour, younger son of Mr. Richard and Lady Victoria Seymour, to the Hon. Rosemary Scott-Ellis, youngest daughter of Lord and Lady Howard de Walden at St. Margaret's, Westminster, recently. The Rev. Lord Byron, uncle of the bridegroom, and Canon A. C. Don officiated. The bride was given away by her father, and four pages, ...
... THE MARCH-PAST OF THE TANKS-- DURING THE VICTORY DAY REHEARSAL ON SUNDAY LAST The scene at the saluting-base in the Mall as the guns dipped in salute in front of the royal stand Londoners had a realistic foretaste of the Victory celebrations last Sunday morning when, despite the showers and a distinct nip in the air, many of them gathered to watch the 6 a.m. rehearsal by the mechanised column ...
... ^s\ Few parts of the world suffered more than Burma during the war. She was fought over almost from end to end her communications were ruined her agriculture paralysed and her administration entirely disrupted. After the expulsion of the Japanese the British troops found themselves obliged to undertake far-reaching responsi bilities, particularly in procuring and distributing supplies of all ...
... SCOTTISH BRAWN IN ACTION Mr. Kilged M. Balfour, of Dunfermline, executes a fine swing in the weight-slinging contest at Dunbog Highland Games, which took place recently at Aytonhill, near Newburgh, Fifeshire PRINCESS ELIZABETH AT THE NAVY LEAGUE DINNER BALL Her Royal Highness dancing with Captain Humphreys, a Guards officer, at the Dorchester Hotel function held in aid of the Navy League's Sea ...
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... fc RAINY BUT ROYAL- THE WINDSOR HORSE SHOW. EVERYTHING at the Royal Windsor Horse Show a two-day affair for the first time in its history was brilliant, except the weather, which was gusty, chilly and showery. However, Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret went on both days, the King and Queen and the Duchess of Kent and her children came V on the second, and there were 720 entries and some ...
... ING PEOPLE BY CAMERA: MAJOR THE HON. MORYS BRUCE, Welsh Guards, elder son of Lord and Lady Aber dare, married MISS SARAH DASHWOOD, only daughter of Sir John and Lady Dashwood, of West Wycombe Park, Bucks at the Church of St. Lawrence, West Wycombe. F.-M. LORD MONTGOMERY with ELIZABETH and JEAN DES VOEUX after he had unveiled memorials at Burghclere Church to their grandfather, Lt.-Col. J. F. ...
... AT QUEEN CHARLOTTE'S GLORIOUS FIRST OF JUNE BALL THE HON. PETER STRUTT, MISS MARYGOLD CONGREVE, SUB-LIEUT. J. R. GREEN, R.N., and MISS PATRICIA THOMAS are the quartet round this supper-table. LORD FOLEY, the eighth baron, who succeeded to the title i 1927, when he was four years old, dancing with MISS Pd SPENCER-CHAPMAN. MISS DIANA CROSS, second daughter of Sir Ronald and Lady Cross, dancing ...
... PRINCESS ELIZABETH A BRIDE: ID TO HER LADY-IN-WAITING: THE ROYAL FAMILY AT THE M/> \GE OF THE QUEEN'S NEPHEW. rPHE KING and QUEEN. QUEEN MARY and PRINCESS MARGARET all attende ...
... SHEILA O'REILLY as Khadra dances finely in the scarlet-lacquered Persian pavilion. (L. to r.) DIANA FIELD and DONALD BRITTON AUDREY HARMAN and MICHAEL HOGAN demonstrate the bent-knee convention introduced by Celia Franca, the choreographer, with great effect. v- -a-: a 1 A general view of the company with its background of the gorgeous pavilion, with gold-leaf sky, stylised flowering shrubs, ...