Word: baudouine
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...enjoy the highest standard of living in Europe. There is no unemployment in the duchy's 999 sq. mi., industry is booming, and $70 million in U.S. investments has gone into Luxembourg in the past decade. Grand Duke Jean and his wife, sister of Belgium's King Baudouin, should have plenty of time for their favorite sports-skiing, swimming and golfing...
...jart! Be-jart!" thundered the audience in Brussels' Royal Circus. And right there and beating time to the chants, were Belgium's King Baudouin and Queen Fabiola. For French Choreographer Maurice Béjart, 37, the royal welcome was sweet relief from the catcalls, fistfights and lawsuits that have swirled in the wake of his iconoclastic creations of the last few years. Last week's premiere was his most ambitious production yet: a ballet to the music of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony...
...recent years, the Grand Duchess has been delegating most of her duties (mainly ceremonial), to her oldest son, Prince Jean, 43, who is married to the sister of Belgium's King Baudouin. Last week, at 68, Charlotte announced to her government ministers that she would abdicate in Jean's favor. "Workers can retire at 65," Charlotte said, "so why shouldn...
...front and center marched the regal, khaki-clad figure of Charles de Gaulle. At his side was Queen Frederika of Greece. And on either side of them were: King Baudouin of Belgium in army khaki; Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, splendid in his decorations and chartreuse sash; West Germany's President Heinrich Lübke; Philippines President Diosdado Macapagal; Korea's President-elect General Park Chung Hee. They, along with 213 other world leaders, headed to St. Matthew's Cathedral, eight blocks away...
Cardinal Cushing began his dissonant, yet moving, intonation of the Mass: "Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord: and let perpetual light shine upon him." Suddenly Charles de Gaulle stood upright, facing the altar. He was joined by Emperor Selassie and King Baudouin, and the three chiefs of state stood alone, erect and rigid. Later, because it was a Kennedy favorite, the third chapter of Ecclesiastes was read-almost in monotone-by the Most Rev. Philip M. Hannan, Auxiliary Bishop of Washington: "There is an appointed time for everything ... a time to be born, and a time...