Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 February 1952 — Page 7

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FRIDAY; FEB. 8, 1952 Story of a Queen—

Britain's New Ruler Was Reared to Reign

16 YEARS AGO AND NOW-—Elizabeth with her favorite pet when she was 9 years old {left)) and the new Queen, as she posed for a royal command portrait last month.

By CHARLES M. McCANN United Press Staff Correspondent

WOMAN of 25, sedately pretty, who not

‘ So long ago used to raid

the kitchen jam jars, arrived in England yesterday as reigning sovereign of the biggest graup of people and territories in the world. She used to sit up in bed in the morning and, with the belt of her dressing gown tied to the bedpost for reins, take an imaginary drive before breakfast. She used to get spanked when she was naughty. Now, wife, mother of two children and Queen of‘'Great Britain, the British Commonwealth and the British Empire, she will reign over 14,435,000 square miles of territory and some 600,000,000 people, Queen Elizabeth will receive prime ministers in audience. ‘8he will open sessions of Parliament, wearing her ‘crown and her gorgeous robes of state, and read the speech from the throne. Hers will be the power to save condemned criminals from the gallows. She will make lords and knights. She will appoint the prime ministers and approve their cabinets, Hers wiil be the royal palaces and castles and estates, hers a . private fortune of untold millions. Her mother will soon move out of Buckingham ‘palace in, her favor, Acts of Parliament will become law when the woman who used to sign her name “Lilibet” assents to them with her signa-

ture “Elizabeth R"--Elizabeth Regina, or Queen. » » » QUEEN ELIZABETH as-

cends .the throne in a time of world crisis and of British national crisis. The country "is heading toward bankruptcy. Its troops—her troops. now are fighting wars ii Korea and Malaya. American bombing planes lie on British fields ready to take the atomic bomb to Russia if the cold war becomes Warld War IIL But Elizabeth ascends the throne also at a time when the British monarchy was never

..stronger or in higher repute,

She has the love and respect of her people. them ~the male heir to the

throne whom her father, King

She has given |

George VI, was not blessed to

“sire. She ascends the throne also with tha tradition behind her for four centuries, ‘since the accession of her predecessor the first Elizabeth, that England, Britain and the Empire prosper under queens. ” » n ELIZABETH was born a happy, wholesome family: Apr. 21, 1926. Her father’ chance of getting. to be King seemed remote. He was the shy younger brother of the then Prince of Wales. Elizabeth was born not in a palace but in a relatively modest private house in London's West End. But the Prince of Wales was then approaching his 32d birthday and he showed no disposition to marry. From Elizabeth's infancy, there was a probability that she might one day be Queen, and she was reared with that idea in mind.

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Not too many. years intervened between the time when Britain's new Queen got jam on her face and was spanked when she was naughty to the time last fall when she won the hearts of Americans during her visit to the United States. The following is the first of five dispatches, telling Elizabeth's story from childhood to Queen. They were written by United Press Staff Correspondent Charles M. McCann. who first observed the royal family at close hand in London when Elizabeth was a child and who has followed them closely ever since.

wife and | second daughter, was born to them | Aug. 21, 1920. All members of | the royal family have official duities. The two little girls | spent most of their time first with their nurse, then with their governess. = ~ = BUT IT BECAME common knowledge after Margaret's birth that Queen Elizabeth was most unlikely to bear another child. So as Elizabeth advanced through® her childhood, her thoughtful = father started to guide her education into the channels “which would make her a good Queen. Ag soon as. she was old

enough, he started to show her

Elizabeth a model mother. A Margaret,

state papers. She began to Jearn |

statecraft, history, constitutional law and procedure. hag studied even such modern and complex subjects as geo-

politics.

sAlmost from childhood has met people of all walks-and

ranks of life in public. But even |

when her father became King on the abdication of his brother Dec. 11, 1938, the family remained a simple and loving one, and Elizabeth now, with the prospect of a long reign and endless duties before her, has the advantage of that background. The new Queen is comfortably plump. She has -beautiful blue eyes, fair hair, a clear and slightly ruddy complexion, white and even teeth. Her voice has-a—bel-like tone. Her face

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to be one of Britain's stronger monarchs.

NEXT: E Hzabe th's Childhood

Us Comes to U. S.

Fourteen of the Us rived in the U. 8. settled today in a new home in Bridgeport, Conn. one of the largest families of dis-

NEW YORK, Feb. 8

* went in to stand at her side.

The Uses was

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

Lilibet Réturns Home Duke Sails for To Mourn Her Father

By United Fress

SANDRINGHAM, kngland Feb. 8--Queen Elizabeth iI came pack today to the sprawling red brick family home.where her fa ther lay dead. Only a few hours after she had taken her oath In London as Queen of the realm, he “can swung .through the Sandringham. Eliza beth Queen could, for a time at least be Elizabeth the daughter, re united with her grieving mother for the first time since King George VI died. She came back_to the master bedroom earlier today the people who had worked a lifetime for the late King had said a iast sad goodbv to their master and monarch as he lay dressed in his favorite sailor's uniform. Entered-Alone The Queen met her mother and sister at the door. She went immediately to the room where her father lay and entered alone members of the household said They said she cried. After a few moments, band, the Duke ‘of

gates ol

mourn in where

and Afterward,

the Queen Mother Margaret went in.

the Queen ‘went to her apartments constitutional

to see her children, both although Prince Charles described as depressed .by grief and mourning about him On the trip from London, drove the car most Elizabeth sat in the

front seat

beside him, a scarf pulled over her "head.

About eight miles from the back seat and she exchanged the scarf for a tight-fitting black hat. : A single police car preceded the limousine.

At ceremonies in London, Eliza-|/five Japanese were missing when of British nations,’

the

her husEdinburgh, “hen Princess

Philip of the way.

The 2! a hlack

year-old Queen, regal dn dress; took the oath of accession before a distinguished assemblage of lords and statesmen in historic St. James Palace.

‘My heart.is too full to say more to you today than that 1 shall always work, as my father did, throughout his reign, to uphold constitutional government WASHINGTON, Feb, 8 (UDP) —Necretary of State Dean

Acheson will fiy to Britain next week to represent President Truman at the funeral of King George VI next Friday.

and to advance the happiness and prosperity of my peoples—spread

as they are the world over” Elizabeth satd The ceremony took less than

15 minutes, Then the reading of the proclamation hailing Elizabeth as “Queen of this realm and of all her other realms and ter

ritories” drew massive crowds to the same historic landmarks of London where Shakespearean

multitudes cheered the accession of another Queen Elizabeth 394 years ago,

Amendment Protecting Human Rights Urged

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 (UP) Fifty-five Senators have urged a amendment pro

well hibiting international treaties was from overriding individual rights the or powers specified in the U. 8

Constitution, Sen. John W. Bricker (R. 0.) sald the amendment would be aimed at such treaties as the proposed United Nations Covenant on Human Rights,

treat their citizens.

13 Killed by Crash

TOKYO, Feb. 8 (UP) All crew members were killed and

placed persons to be resettled in beth called on God's help to “dis-|a B-29'loaded with bombs crashed

this counter by the Internationalicharge worthily this heavy hask|and exploded last night near the neral Refugee Organization. They ar- that has been

rived yesterday from Austria.

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Rites: Wally Stays Behind

Ry United Press NEW YORK, Feh, 8 ~The Duke of Windsor sailed today for Greaf Britain to the

attend funeral of

his brother, King George VI leav ing behind the woman for whose love he had given up the throne

His. American - born Duchess, the former Wallis’ Warfield Simpson, remained at his side Queen Mary

(Indianapolis time.)

aboard

the liner until 11:15 p.m, Then he accompanied the bare headed Duchess to her automobile

on the pier and went back aboard

to retire to his suite The Duchess, who has never been accepted by the royal fam-

the Waldorf “Towers apartment where she and fhe Duke clusion since the King's death Wednesda)

fly, returned to

had remained in se-

receiving. news of

Before sailing at 2:45 a. m {Indianapolis Time) the Duke, who abdicated in favor of his younger hrother 135° years ago rather than abandon “the woman

I love,” ~had told newsmen the vovage which. will end ‘next Wednesday “is all the sadder for

me because I am undertaking it alone.” Wearing a double-breasted black glen plaid suit, grey sweat er, white shirt and black mourn ing tie, the Duke looked tired and drawn. The paleness of the Duchess’ face was accentuated by the black coat she wore “T am sailing for Great Britain for the funeral of ‘a dear brother, and to comfort her majesty, my

mother, inthe overwhelming sor row which has overtaken my family and the commonwealth ' he said. The Duke noted that the funext Friday will be the

fourth of a British monarch that he has attended.

KING'S BROTHER—The Duke of Windsor, brother of the late King George VI, solemnly faces news men moments before sailing on the Queen Mary to attend the King's funeral. The Duchess, never received by the royal family since the Duke ab. dicated his throne to marry her in 1937, remained in the U. S.

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