The King’s Thing – Or Why The Queen Might Well Be My Aunt

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BY ALEXANDER COCKBURN Courtesy of the Oscar-laden King’s Speech, George VI, previously a dim bulb in the history books, now at least will be remembered as a stutterer, but there was more to the man than that. The stresses that prompted the stutter extended to other regions of the king’s body, as Kitty Kelley disclosed in her fine book The Royals. Sexual dysfunction plagued poor George VI. Elizabeth and Margaret were conceived [respectively in 1926 […]

Arnold Hamilton
Arnold Hamilton
Arnold Hamilton became editor of The Observer in September 2006. Previously, he served nearly two decades as the Dallas Morning News’ Oklahoma Bureau chief. He also covered government and politics for the San Jose Mercury News, the Dallas Times Herald, the Tulsa Tribune and the Oklahoma Journal.