People: People, Nov. 28, 1949

The Common Touch

It was a busy week of social whirling for Britain's royal family. One evening Princess Margaret took 24 friends nightclubbing (see Music). On another evening King George, Queen Elizabeth and their two daughters went to the movies: a special performance of That Forsyte Woman at the Odeon, about which 5,000 celebrity hunters swirled and gawked. On an evening at home (Buckingham Palace), the King and Queen gave a little party (250 guests) for Princess Elizabeth before she flew to Malta to spend her second wedding anniversary with Prince Philip, who is on...

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