Word: astrid
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Story: In Belgium, Princess Astrid, consort of the Crown Prince, gave birth a fortnight ago to a 7-lb. daughter. Said despatches: "The cradle . . . had been optimistically oufitted in pink, the color for boys, that for a girl being blue."* Said many U. S. newspaper readers: "What! Pink for a BOY? Why, in our family, we have been using pink for GIRLS, blue for boys." A check of U. S. authorities (i. e., leading stores that sell baby equipment) showed: BOYS GIRLS...
Then all Brussels knew that a baby daughter* had been born to Crown Princess Astrid, wife of Crown Prince Leopold of Belgium, to whom she was married last year (TIME, Nov. 15). Had 101 booms startled the city, it would have signified the birth of an heir presumptive to the throne of the Belgians...
Meantime, news came from the royal palace that the new Belgian princess would be named Josephine Charlotte Ingeborg Elizabeth Marie Jose Marguerite Astrid. King Albert is to be godfather and the Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, godmother. Foreign rulers, including the Pope, wired congratulations...
...distant U. S., at South Bend. Ind., Prince William of Sweden was apprised of the birth of a daughter to his cousin, Princess Astrid. Asked whether he intended to cable his congratulations to Prince Leopold, the Prince replied...
Belgium and Sweden, sentimentally united by the marriage of Crown Prince Leopold and Princess Astrid (TIME, Nov. 15), were drawn yet closer, last week, as the Swedish Parliament debated a treaty bringing Belgium into the group of nations (Denmark, Norway, Finland) absolutely pledged to peace with Sweden...