Word: baudouine
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Last week, after sleeping on it for about 30 years, the Belgian government honored Leopold's pledge-and upped the award to $20,000. In Brussels, Dr. Pearce, 68, received from King Baudouin the lion's share of $10,000 and was made an officer of the Royal Order of the Lion. To Drs. Jacobs and Heidelberger went $2,000 each and the Order of Leopold II; to Dr. Brown's estate, his posthumous $4,000; and to that of Britain's late Dr. H. W. Thomas, who helped to develop atoxyl, $2,000. Despite...
Married. Princess Josephine Charlotte, 25, sister of Belgium's King Baudouin; and Crown Prince Jean, 32, heir apparent to the throne of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (pop. 300,000); in Luxembourg. The wedding, carried off in lavish, old-style pageantry in spite of rain, drew a glittering collection of guests: three kings, three queens, a grand duchess, an archduke, 22 princes, 18 princesses, and assorted lesser nobility. Royal feathers were momentarily ruffled when Princess de Rethy, commoner wife of Belgium's abdicated King Leopold III (father of the bride), got uncommonly close to the head...
Shape of Venus. So began l'affaire de Réthy, the royal scandal that helped Leopold lose his throne. Last week, strong national feelings about the princess were jeopardizing the prestige of Leopold's son, 22-year-old King Baudouin...
...sickly in mien as he is diffident in manner, Baudouin as a child never had much fun until the Princess de Réthy became his maman. She was young* and frolicsome, with what one admirer called "the complexion of a rose and the shape of Venus." Baudouin adored his vivacious stepmother and, according to the gossips, is still strongly influenced by her. She got blamed for Baudouin's rude refusal to attend the funeral of Britain's George...
Spot of Sun. Then came last month's storm (TIME, Feb. 9), which broke through Belgium's dikes and turned a catty rumor into a constitutional ruckus. While British and Dutch royalty went personally to the aid of their hard-hit subjects, ailing King Baudouin took off with his father and stepmother for a spot of winter sunshine on the French Riviera. The Brussels press exploded. Newspapers, ordinarily respectful of the monarchy, front-paged pictures of the royal sunbathers side by side with photos of their flooded countrymen. A quick return and a tour of the worst...