Word: astride
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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More Responsibilities. One day in 1934, father Albert, an ardent mountain-climber, fell to his death from a cliff near Namur. A year and a half later the new King Leopold was motoring with Queen Astrid near Lucerne, he at the wheel and she with a map in her lap. When his wife asked a question, the monarch leaned over and the car swerved. It plunged down a grassy slope, hit two trees and fell into the lake. The Queen fractured her skull, died 20 minutes later. The King hurtled through the car's windshield. To the first policeman...
Leopold's household includes the three children of Astrid-Princess Josephine-Charlotte, 21, Crown Prince Baudouin, 18, Prince Albert, 15-and Mary Liliane's son, Alexandre, 7. It is an affectionate family circle. To the stepchildren, Mary Liliane is a gay, smiling maman...
...anxious to make a splash in the world the way the Prince of Wales was doing over in England. What happened? His father was Albert, le roi chevalier, and his popularity put the boy completely in the shade. Then Leopold got married, and his bride turned out to be Astrid, one of the prettiest princesses you ever saw. She used to wheel her babies right through the park, sit down with the other mothers and talk diapers and formulas. She got so popular that the prince was in the shade again. Then his father was killed climbing a mountain...
Leopold is extremely eager to become again the King of the Belgians in fact as well as in name. He recently sent his and Astrid's daughter Charlotte on a triumphant tour of the country. Everywhere Charlotte was cheered wildly. But, said anti-Leopoldists, they cheered because they liked Charlotte and because she was Astrid's daughter, not because she was Leopold...
...intention of giving up Wagner, but she hopes to try some of her new roles (Aïda, La Gioconda, Desdemona) at the Met next year. Manhattan has been cordial to her; but dependable Astrid can't help feeling a special affection for demonstrative Mexico City: "It's such fun here. If they like you, they just won't let you offstage...