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| February 6th, 1952 |
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| February 7th 1952 |
Publisher Charles Sprague in the morning paper:
Once again it is Queen Elizabeth of Great Britain. The sudden death of King George VI cut short the tour of his daughter and propelled her to the throne of the kingdom....
Since the days of the Stuarts the power of the reigning monarch in England has been greatly curtailed. Rule by divine right is a mere historic shibboleth now. Britain is fully self-governing, with power lodged in the elected representatives (the Commons) completely since the last Labor government wiped out the last vestige of veto power retained by the House of Lords....
The change in sovereigns will have a sobering effect in Britain for a time. The acerbities of party and faction will moderate briefly. The funeral for King George will call out the fading remnant of European royalty and the sequent coronation of Queen Elizabeth will give the British a pageant whose color will moderate the current austerity of living. And if she is as wise as the first Queen Elizabeth she may help lead Britain into new seasons of strength. The King is dead; long live the Queen!
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