King George V in his robes as sovereign of the Order of Bath Benjamin F. Wade the Casuarius emu

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Sandie Shaw

This cartoon accompanies a poem of the same name that says that the practice of debating the opening address to Parliament takes up valuable time that could be spent debating the issues important to the country

Napoleon had continually to try and reconcile the two conflicting traditions of the Catholic monarchy of Louis XIV

King George V in his robes as sovereign of the Order of Bath Benjamin F. Wade the Casuarius emuKing George V in his robes as sovereign of the Order of Bath, c1930s. Illustration from George V and Edward VIII, A Royal Souvenir, by FGH Salusbury, a souvenir book published as Edward VIII was crowned following the death of his father, George V, (Daily Express Publication, London, 1936).