People, may 30, 1960

Underneath a beaming picture of Britain's Queen Mother Elizabeth, the New York Daily News reported: LOVE IS CATCHING: QUEEN'S MOTHER AIMS TO BE BRIDE. The Queen Mother, 59, and a widow for eight years, said the News, may wed Sir Arthur Penn, a bachelor of 74. Sir Arthur is now treasurer of the Queen Mother's household as well as Queen Elizabeth II's extra equerry and groom in waiting. Next day, in Northern Rhodesia on a royal tour of Africa, Queen Mother Elizabeth made it abundantly plain that, whatever else he may be, Sir Arthur...

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