People: Dec. 28, 1981

A bunch of chilled Britons were warming their mittens at the Cross Hands Hotel last week.

The winds from the sky whipped the snowdrifts up high; a blizzard was raging at peak.

When out of the white came a startling sight—Queen Elizabeth with a retinue of six.

At Gatcombe Park, she had seen Anne and Mark, and now found herself in a fix:

While motoring home, she 'd been trapped by the storm, and needed shelter and tea.

Well, the proud innkeep asked the Queen to upcreep a stairway that no one could see; When dinner was served, she ate unobserved, then again wafted downways by...

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