She will be as old as the century on Aug. 4, but Britain's beloved "Queen Mum" still cuts a lively figure on the country's cultural scene. And, as a new 12-pence postage stamp plainly shows, a fine-feathered figure on the country's envelopes. The stamp, the first ever honoring a dowager Queen, is part of a royal flush of tributes planned for the Queen Mother's 80th birthday. This week she will be feted for three days in her capacity as Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports. The 900-year-old post, always held by a man until she assumed it last year, no longer...
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