Word: astride
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Born fortnight ago, Baby Prince Baudouin, second in succession to the Belgian crown, son of Crown Prince Leopold and Princess Astrid of Sweden, was almost immediately invested with six names, honoring both his parents' royal families. But Belgian editors scanning the catalog of names were scandalized to note that the founder of the Belgian royal house, King Leopold I (Queen Victoria's "wise Uncle Leopold") had been omitted. Next day little Prince Baudouin was officially amended to read: "Baudouin Albert Charles Leopold Axel Marie Gustave," gained a pound...
Born. A son, heir apparent to the Belgian throne; to the Crown Princess Astrid Sophie Louise Thrya, niece of King Gustaf V of Sweden; and Crown Prince Leopold Philippe Charles Albert Meinrad Hubertus Marie Miguel, Due de Brabant. Weight: 8 Ib. 11 oz. Name: Baudouin* Albert Axel Marie Gustave...
...Antwerp shipyard last week went three-year-old Princess Josephine Charlotte, daughter of handsome dark-haired Crown Prince Leopold and Princess Astrid, to launch the S.S. Princess Josephine Charlotte, a new Channel steamer for the Dover-Ostend run. Since a champagne bottle would have been, unwieldy for her diminutive Highness, thoughtful company officials tied a bright pink ribbon from the ship's prow to the launching platform. At the appropriate moment Princess Josephine Charlotte toddled to the edge of the platform, snipped the ribbon with a tiny pair of gold-plated scissors. The steamer slid majestically into the water...