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The exquisitely dull life of Elizabeth II, expert on cap badges
‘I spend most of my life conversing with strangers’, admitted the late Queen, hosting endless receptions, launching ships, taking salutes and pinning medals on civic worthies
Bad driving
From ‘The Conscription of Wealth’, The Spectator, 22 January 1916: At recent race meetings streams of motor-cars have proceeded from…
Compelling evidence
From ‘The Position of the Government’, The Spectator, 15 January 1916: Any man who knew the nature of Englishmen, or…
