самое приятное,что мне сегодня удалось прочесть-несколько строк из биографии королевы Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands, aged 59, riding her bike to conserve gasoline. 1939.
In Britain, Queen Wilhelmina took charge of the Dutch government in exile, setting up a chain of command and immediately communicating a message to her people. The Queen called Adolf Hitler "the arch-enemy of mankind". Her late-night broadcasts were eagerly awaited by her people, who had to hide in order to listen to them illegally. . Churchill described her as the only real man among the governments-in-exile in London.Following the end of World War II, Back in the Netherlands, Queen Wilhelmina travelled through the countryside to motivate people using, sometimes, following her usual, a bicycle instead of a car.
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Date: 2012-10-24 09:50 pm (UTC)Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands, aged 59, riding her bike to conserve gasoline. 1939.
In Britain, Queen Wilhelmina took charge of the Dutch government in exile, setting up a chain of command and immediately communicating a message to her people.
The Queen called Adolf Hitler "the arch-enemy of mankind". Her late-night broadcasts were eagerly awaited by her people, who had to hide in order to listen to them illegally.
. Churchill described her as the only real man among the governments-in-exile in London.Following the end of World War II, Back in the Netherlands, Queen Wilhelmina travelled through the countryside to motivate people using, sometimes, following her usual, a bicycle instead of a car.