Stolen: Diana Churchill Sandys's jewelryincluding her engagement ring. Winston's eldest daughter (Mrs. Duncan Sandys) lost some $4,000 worth of the stuff to burglars who turned up at the door with buckets and washrags, announced that they were window cleaners, were promptly admitted, promptly went to work cleaning up.
Found: Henry VIM's missing iron pantsthe ones that match the iron jacket on display in the Tower of London. Generations of royal armorers had hunted them; they turned up standing under a less glorious top, in a shadowy hall of Scrivelsby Court in Lincolnshire. Historical note:...
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