Word: begum
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...same crowd that the clergyman had in mind. Sequined, sheathed and chinchillaed, they made up such a jam of international jetters that there was scarcely room for another square-cut diamond. There wasn't room, in fact, for Princess Lee Radziwill to get in the door; the bigger Begum Aga Khan managed it, but she had to have a table set for her on a landing of the stairs...
...Cross charity gala in Monte Carlo, such celebrities as the Begum Aga Khan and Cinemactor David Niven were nicely sprinkled amidst 1,000 unknowns who paid $75 to dance and watch the Bluebell Girls of Paris prance. To the sprinkle, hélas, was added a spatter and then a downpour. The Prince looked a trifle Rainier than usual, but Princess Grace, 34, remained smilingly in place to the end of the show. Noblesse was scarcely obliged to make so gracious a gesture-what with a third addition to the royal family due in Monaco next February...
...Philip's influence in the company; in 1958 he became president. Though he has kept a good many older patterns for nostalgic buyers, the Studio Line now accounts for 67% of Rosenthal porcelain sales. Among Studio Line patrons are Elizabeth Taylor. Audrey Hepburn, the Shah of Iran, the Begum...
...Though he has carefully preserved the sabre and other military relics of his illustrious ancestor, Alexandre says: "From a very early age, I preferred dolls to toy soldiers, dolls whose hair I could work up into curls and chignons." Shortly after World War II he was discovered by the Begum Aga Khan, having already won a local reputation as "The King of the Egg Shampoo"; the Begum passed him on to the Duchess of Windsor. Says Alexandre: "I owe everything to her. It was she who set me up and sent me my first customers...