Captains & kings depart

(1965 January 31)

I hope you came out of your ivory tower long enough to see Churchill's Funeral on TV. I saw it only a half hour but Marion Kanable listened to it on radio 4 a.m. Very impressive. England is the only monarchy that still retains all the sections of men that denote monarchy - other nations have kings who impress the people [that] kings are just like anybody else, the announcer said.