Word: britannia
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...ushered into the box-like family pews for what the minister termed a "little five minute talk." He tells us about Robert Newman (the trusty church sexton, remember?) and name drops Queen Elizabeth II and President Ford. After all, Pax Britannia may be dead and the colonies may be dead and the colonies may be free, but Episcopalian ministers still know who's got class. And who's got money. As we leave the church, he reminds us that the parish is funded only by our donations and hands out his business card, telling us to "come again...
...owners, King Fahd of Saudi Arabia owns the world's biggest yacht, the 482-ft. Abdul Aziz, which includes a mosque and a movie theater that seats 100. Because the King's yacht is currently in drydock, the unquestioned ruler of the waves is Queen Elizabeth's 412-ft. Britannia...
...million apartment that takes up two entire floors of a luxury building on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue. He has homes in Marbella, Paris, Cannes, the Canary Islands, Madrid, Rome, Beirut, Riyadh, Jidda and Monte Carlo. His 282- ft. yacht Nabila (complete with helicopter) makes Queen Elizabeth's Britannia look like a package-tour ship. His fleet includes three commercial- size jets, twelve stretch Mercedes limousines, a total of 100 vehicles and a stable of Arabian horses...
...London Times called it a "fine old imperial sight." As the royal yacht Britannia steamed into Victoria Harbor last week, a shore battery fired a 21- gun salute. Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip listened as the Royal Hong Kong Police Band struck up Memory. Fitting, that: it was likely to be the Queen's final visit to Hong Kong while it is a British colony...
...meantime, with the lives of so many foreigners suddenly threatened, the Soviets cooperated with the British and other Western embassies in evacuating refugees. The Soviets even dispatched a liaison officer to the British royal yacht Britannia; he remained on board as the ship helped one group of evacuees after another get to Djibouti. The vessel had been bound for New Zealand to be on hand for Queen Elizabeth II's visit there next month, but was quickly recruited for the rescue operation. Other British naval vessels, including the frigate Jupiter, were not allowed by the South Yemenis to sail within...