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Article: The Spanish Armada.
- Article from:
- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- July 9, 1988
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"ENGLAND'S chief defence depends upon the navy being always ready to defend the realm against invasion." Thus a submission to the English Privy Council in 1555, intended to persuade the government to increase defence spending. The speaker was Queen Mary's King-Consort, Prince Philip, heir to the throne of Spain. Thirty-three years later his own Armada tested those defences. Four centuries on, English publishers are indulging in an orgy of commemoration.
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