Sunday 22 December 2013

Death of Queen Mary

Daily Sketch dated Wednesday March 25th 1953
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Queen Mary was the wife of George V, mother to Edward VIII and George VI and grandmother to Elizabeth II. She was born in 1867 as Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes and known as Mary of Teck.

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I wonder how long this story had been waiting to be published. I imagine that Queen Elizabeth’s, the Duke of Edinburgh’s and even Prince Charles’ obituaries are sitting there even now ready for the presses to start rolling.

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There was very little space left for any other stories in this edition, but one would have made the Front page on any other day -
Three bodies found at 10 Rillington Place, Notting Hill in North London while a prospective buyer is shown round – like an episode of ‘Location, Location, Location’ written by Steve Pemberton. This was the start of the case that would lead John Reginald Halliday Christie to the gallows. See this post

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