Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, enthroned in the House of Lords, sat with lowered eyes and attentive mien last week while His Majesty King George notably triumphed over his speech impediment, read off without a single mispronounced word and with few hesitations the Speech from the Throne, thus opened the first Parliament of the new reign. The 18-minute speech, composed as usual by the Cabinet, promised that His Majesty's Government will: press on with Rearmament; speed air raid precautions; inaugurate penal law reforms; regulate the coal mining, electric power, milk and whitefish...
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