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The Sylvan Lake News 1945-01-03 - 1947-12-31
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YLVAN LAKE, ALBER* SHORT BIOGRAPHIES OF BRITAINS ROYAL COUPLE Princess Elizabeth Has Devote Life To Service Of The Empire By The purb snadian Presi) bubbis April 21, 4 d and blew Mustoie on bundle yawned, whipped across Li Joynaon-Hicks, the Duke of York, and Lord Mayor to herald th Bowes-Lyon had hort years would have all B ndon's vitain's Lome ite a girl ws that Hao, ed Elk w x Lad yal Hi Haim hustled off beth An royal blood and i the ald to the 4 Marguerit o ina f hnes Then Sir borne a eniale, thin two decades wotild be the central figure ina tomate of world interest Observers of 21 ye ago We SS quick to sense that Princess Eliza heth Alexandra Mary would never be far from the shadow of a crown. But no stood around the font In the chapel of Buckingham Pala how prival five weeks Iuten could gt lay, t shadow Historic Times rmed by an 4 the Her kicking legs w antique robe which had cov infant limbs of a queen and thr kings, Elizabeth roared her disap- proval without realizing her christen- came when among other events of the times, the British Common- wealth of Nations arrived at matur- ity. Her arrival coincided with the joint decision of Britain and the Domin- fons to define themselves as autoho- mious commumities within the Em- pire, equal in status, in no way sub- ordinate to one another in any aspect of their domestic or external affairs though united by a.common alleg- jance to the crown. She gsraduated from the nur: and entered the schoalroom when the Statute of Westminster in 1932 set emn seal to that concept. While a gangling teen-ager self-conscious ening the door to public life, she watched the Commonwealth link s in defence of that concept, At 21; young woman in love and mar- riafe a few weeks away, she called on her generation to walk with her in perpetuating our union. I Flipping back the newspapers of that time when a proud, spariling- eyd mothep softly told her first child t gt; shush as the ancient ceremony of the Church of England came to a climax, today's reader would discover that: Gentle King George V of the neat- ly iron-grey beard, who was to dote on thisababy, was enjoying vigorous health. Debohair Edward VI, then Prince of Wales, and Elizabeth's Uncle David , was still unmarried. Even if he clung to bachelorhood, her own parents the quiet, shy Duke and Duchess of York might have a son ho would sit on the throne. But the news columns of the pe- ried would also tell how the shadow of the regal headdress became cach hour more substance than fancy af- ter Elizabeth's 11th birthday in, 1937. Grandpapa England , 2s Hliza- beth fondly called her grandfather, was dead, the new king had abdicut: ed to retire with the woman I love and her father was gravely weighing the responsibilities of the crown he ware. A slim, nervous and retiring child, Elizabeth could not comprehend fully the implications of these muddled weeks. : erhaps that's why she could grin and wave on Coronation Day as she joined her tired parents, her slift- backed granny and their retinue on a Buckingham Palace balcony. Free Life Far from that balcony, far from the cheering throngs who cried, Hello, Lillihet , loomed the future the great, inescapable responsibility of being the sixth British queen since the Norman Conquest. There on the balcony was father to guide and inspire, a young king who defeated by sheer will power his ervous Spee ect. Behind him, calm, steady, was her grandmother, Qiteen Mary, to whom regul prec dence, duty and devotion to a proud dynasty were all-important. The Bambino , as Queen Mary called Elizabeth, would have a good life. There would be cracking good family partics, outdoor trips, pets, riding and friendly companionship. From- the first, the King ond Queen were determined to have their daughter's life a8 free from clammy traditionalism as possible. Sho had to be a natural child. Af fectations could develop tater, but in childhood, let there be nonsense, let there be nursery junkets, and let there be little girl with a silly gig- gle who would slyly collect worms and butterfly cocoons while wonder- ing what it might be like to feed a pet turtle. And, of course, the result, at 23, to be Windlesham Moor. was a sturdy, vibrant young woman in Surrey, one of the mest b PRINCESS ELIZABETH with a lot of her father's serious micn, but not at all lacking in her mothers-sense of humor Although Slow in appearing, her smile was broad and tnaffected when it Hit her tace. Loved Smoky London And it lit her face often in early life. Perhaps the atmosphere of the Bruton street home of her maternal grandparents, the Earl and Countess of Strathmore, where she was born, jliad a lot to do with it. In any event, the London residence of one of Scot- land's most ancient families will long remain a nostalgic memory for abeth, Later, she and her parents moved to 145 Piceadilly, a bigger home with black doors and a large garden, where one could play and wave and on peering through the iron railing. Then, there were long trips to the country Glamis in the Scottish Highland, where younger Margaret was born in 1980; Grandpa first sent a coach to take her driving through Kensington Gar- diens snd Queen Mary ordered an urban excursion. While Canadian lungs roared cheers to her parents in the spring of 1939, Elizabeth and Margaret went adven- turing. They had their first ride in a London underground, Tt was much more zestful fun than sitting sedately in a limousine with a royal flag flap- ping and whipping about its radiator, Forbidden to haye an automobile of he alked up itifual This i tromt vie Canadian Stamp To Honor Princess OTTAWA y ding between Princess Hizaheth and fulent, Philip Mountbatten WH be officlully marked in Cun ada by a special stamp oy The Oltawa Jourhal learned trout 4 relind uree. Denomination, dute of ft dlotaily of color or design could not be Warned but collectors of special issues will be interested in learning that craftsmen are now at worl on a special design for the forth. coming. isc py. driving i milita: throu hour traffic, twice around Piccadilly Cirous. That marked her graduation from the Auxillary Territorial Ser vice scho here she bad been a member since her 18th birthday Kaew The pe As s the case today, she know London's teeming peoples, the rich and the poor. Qn V-E day 145, she and Margaret stood with their par ents on Buckingham Palace balcony, waving te the adulating crowds be- low. This time, however, the tumult and rejoicing were too much, While the ty went wild, she slipped away into the throng ta get her first street's- eye view of her tired but happy King and Queen, Peace had a in come to her is- land, and with it new dem tedi: ous tasks and sober responsibiliti an heiress culled princess by ight of royal birth, but lacking a title in peerage and rated a common- er by law Blizabeth emed to then Early in 1947 she and Rose accompanied the Queen to South Africa first visit outside the British Isles, and her first intin fe contact with that Commohwealth whose she would dedicate herself to at Jey maturity. Pledge Of Faith 2ist birthday with this faith to her Empire: Will you, the youth of the British family Of nations, let me speak on our representative? are coming to man- hood and womanhood, it is surely a shall jbe able to take some of the burden off the shoulders of our elders who have fought and worked and suffered my birthday as Now thit w great joy to all to think that to protect our childhood. We must not be daunted by the anxieties and hardships that th: has left behind for every jour Commonwealth... S There is a motto which Hes been borne by many of my ancestor noble motto T serve. Those wo were an inspiration to many by chortle at the sightsecrs who insisted heirs to the throne when they made they their knightly dedication as came to manhood. . T eannot do quite as they did, but aoe through the inventions of science I ut can do-what was not possible for any smoky London always remained /o them, 1 can make my solemn act Place of adventure from the day of dedication with a whole Empire listening. *E declare. ..all my life. ..shall be devoted to your service and the ser- vice of our great imperial family to which we all belong, but I shall not have the strength to carry out this resolution alone, unless you join in it with mgs..God help me to make , and God bless all of good my voi you who are willing to share it. Sir Robert Peel, the British states- 1.0 F. us, t he returned to Eng- man, entered parliament at 21 Official home of Princess Blizabeth and Lieut, Mountbatten is reported of Nouse-on-the S0-acre estate ment to Princess Eitzaheth was en l canada amet inthe Hingston-Goneral in Britain, 25 miles from London. in 1868 and was First Sea Lord at destiny At Cape Town she observed her pledge of + nearby Elgin said to have Confidential Report Lieut. Philip Mountbatten Won Citizenship In Service On Seas The Canadian Press) SIPAULA Monde Exsut Philip mountbatten, R.N., came to the British people 43 a gay and jolly Lancelot in a distraught, unromantic period of their history. The times and his back sted to make him an anachron- jg of sorts, Horn a prince of the Hellenes, although having no Greele blood ard little or no aillty With the classic tongue, he helped defend Bri- tain in war, and in peace charmingly won the hand of her future queen jand a Commonwealth's affection for a man's man, But the at-great-grandson of Victoria, and grandson of Prince Wil liam of Denmark who pted Athens sceptre and throne in 1863 as George I, could not Jong remain an anachronism to Britons, They soon discovered early in 146 that of all the oligible young blades in post-war Britain, st was ad Princess Philip who most in Elizabeth From then on, the handsome naval Hentenant, who combined pusser Itt Rules-and-Admiralty-Tnstruc- tions bearing with strikingly eff tive ability to wenr crisp-cut bara- thea uniforms, became the dashing hero of bobby-soxers, spinsters and. co-eds the Commonwealth over. Bold-face type and newspage stor- ies began to tell of Philip, He who had wooed und won tomorrow's queen became public domain, as far as his previous life was concerned. Born At Corfu Adulators, admirers and read: He was born at Corfu, largest is- land in the Ionian Sea, June 10, 1921 His father was the late Prince An- drew of Greece, and his mother was Princess Alice, eldest daughter of Prince Louis of Battenberg, a Ger- man who acquired British citizenship rigue critics the start cf the First World War. Philip's maternal grandfather chang- ed his name to the less Germanic Mountbatten in 1917. he father of Hlizabeth's consort died in Monte Carlo in 1944. One year before Philip's birth 1920 his cousin, King Alexander, died from the bite of a monkey, Two years later, his uncle, King Constan- tine, abdicated and fled Greece to Palermo, Italy, where he died in 192: Then Philip and his sisters became exiles, With his family, the child prince sailed to England where he spent most of his childhood with yelatives particularly Uncle Dick- je , now Admiral Earl Louis Mount- patten, governor-general of the Do- minion of India. The shy, pale-faced boy soon began sprouting legs and out-grew his LIEUT. PHILIP MOUNTBATTEN is a born leader, but he will need the exacting demands of a great service to do justice to himselt . His report, said the teacher, care tied such a qualifying tail-piece be- cause, although Philip always had the greatest sense of service of all hoys in the school, he had to be vital- iy concerned with the importance of What he was doing before he could do it well. At 15 he belonged to a band of juvenile, but sincere seamen. He came to know knots, basic seaman- ship and could take out a cutter, command it and bring it safely to dock without an instructor. knickers, Private tutors could be j4jg seamanship senior could re- fine, but Philip was old and Dig port enough to go to school where he syte is one of the most efficient members of the seamanship guild of Gerdonstoun and he can be trusted to take charge of a cutter under oars or sail, He is thoroughly trust- worthy and not afraid of dirty, ar- duous work. Then came his maturing, going to i in actual war atmosph in io he was serving in battleships nd cruisers. By 1942, at the age of 21, he became first Heutenant of a destroyer responsible for his sea- warrior mates discipline. Three years later he participated in action and crass silliness, He could be througn the Mediterrancan and on zany with purpose. the Pacific. He was a witness of Schooled In Scotland Japan's surrender in Tokyo Bay. Nervous relatives remoyed him Made British Citizen from Salem during a mid-summer Lieut. Philip Mountbatten s most could haye intimate association with lads his age. Besides, that ahyne: hardly became a Mountbatten So Theodora, one of his four beau- tiful sisters, decided she should enter him in Salem School, Baden, Ger- many, There, at the age of 13, he gave vigorous display of a happy characteristic which in later y would capture the fancy of most Bri- tons hut cause anguish to sterped- jn-Nelson-tradition Royal Navy n- structors. He found he could cluckie and chortle at tradition, solemnitics term and packed him off to Gordon- prized award, aside from the Atlan- Stoun public school, Blgin, Scotland. jc, africa, Burma and Italy Stars, ori ind Vietery and Coronation medals, s his British citizenship, won by fighting for it on the seas of the world, tn 1947, like any other defender- stranger of Britain, he applied and was granted citizeyship, retinquish- ing the title ef prince which was his hereditary right. As Mr. or plain Licut, Mount- batten, he seized upon the opportun ity of squiring Princess Elizabeth to West End theatres, private parties, and night clubs. Rumors flew, gossips bit their lips. 'Then on duly 10, 1947, Princess radiant and with eyes Said Sister Th we thought it bettsr-for-him and Hand right away. Gordonstoun, quite unlike most old school tie institutions, present ed itself a grim, bleale picture to adolescent, fun-loving Philip. As at all schools of its type, stor- ies are told, Dick Clelland, barber at town, for example, 18 become impatient with students- who messed up his shop window with mucky fingers. He rushed out one day, waved razor, and delivered the toe of his boot to the back quarters of a lad) piizabeth, waiting for a tram. Prince Philip, sparkling as brightly as the three- so it is said, turned and aske Jdiamond engagement ring on her epray, sir, for what do I receive) third finger, listened to her father s this kick? message to all the peoples of his His query might have please Commonwealth: and bewildered some of his teach- Tt is with the greatest pleasure lers, It semed 80 unlike the precipi-/that the King and Queen announce tous student they knew the betrothal of their dearly beloved daughter, Princess Elizabeth to Lieut, Philip Mountbatten, R.N., son of the former jate Prince Andrew of Greece and wrote: Princess. Andrew (Princess Alice of puring 1939 the Royal Navy ask- Battenberg) to which union the king ed for confidential report of his nas gladly given his consent. (Philip's) character. +f often reflect...since his engage- parliament of United However, in the summer of 1947, 8 Gordonstoun teacher at The first nounced..-of what we sald: Philip Hospital, June 1, 1841. 2761
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