“Discussing coronation ceremonies with Vidal, "I quickly moved on to…the moment when two masons appear and ask the newly crowned king for instructions as to his tomb. 'Masons? Masons! Yes. You one? I'm one. But I've forgotten all the odds and ends. Dull, really."”

Vidal, Palimpsest, 206

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king of the United Kingdom and its dominions in 1936 1894–1972

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