The traditional royal salute of 63 guns fired from the wharf at the Tower of London boomed out over the oily Thames one morning last week, proclaimed to Londoners the official birthday of the King. George VI was 42 years old last December, but public celebration of his natal day is June 9,* when the weather is better.
As is traditional, His Majesty marked the event by conferring honors upon British subjects recommended by the Government for services in the fields of science, the arts, philanthropy and politics. This year it took a...
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