The bulletin pinned to the gate of Marlborough House late at night, to be read by a little knot of silent Britons, was but twelve words long: "While sleeping peacefully, Queen Mary died at 20 minutes past 10 o'clock." Next day Winston Churchill's voice was husky as he moved a "humble Address" from the House of Commons: "She looked like a Queen; she acted like a Queen . . ." On the Labor benches opposite, Clement Attlee was as visibly moved. "There has never been a Queen," he said, "who was so...
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