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A Newspaper Fit for a Czar (Coronet Magazine, 1941)
This is the story of a daily newspaper that was published between the years 1894 through 1917. The paper's entire readership could be counted on one finger, and his name was Czar Nicholas II of Russia. This newspaper employed hundreds of correspondents (both foreign and domestic), and although only one printing of each issue was ever run itcost the sovereign more than $40,000.00 a day to maintain.
| The Coronation of George VI (The Stage, 1937)
An article by Rebecca West (1892 – 1983) in which she listed an enormous number of reasons as to why May 12, 1937 (the coronation date for George VI) will not be a good day to be in London. From time to time throughout the article she throws-in some bon mots:
"This is a crucifixion as well as a coronation. The best kings we have ever had have been Queens, and every year Kingship becomes less and less suitable for a man. A constitutional monarch has constantly to behave as if he were a mindless puppet in circumstances which would prove fatal to everybody, including himself, if he really were a mindless puppet."
The King's Speech
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