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February 16, 1952

The New Yorker cover for February 16, 1952

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letter from london

London Salutes the New Queen

Mollie Panter-Downes

Mollie Panter-Downes reports from London about the days following King George VI’s tragically unexpected death and Elizabeth II’s rise to the throne.

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