Word: britannias
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...Diana should have departed the palace breakfast and started, via British Rail, on the first stage of their honeymoon. They will spend their first two days as husband and wife at Broadlands, once the home of Earl Mountbatten of Burma. Ahead, after their two-week Mediterranean cruise aboard the Britannia, lie the more serious duties of government and the more exacting chores of their official life together...
...newlyweds will not be piped aboard the royal yacht Britannia - that mark of naval respect is normally accorded only to the Queen. But during the course of the two-week Mediterranean honeymoon cruise, Prince Charles and Lady Diana will be coddled and comforted by every other amenity that the glorious ship has to offer. A seagoing resort, the Britannia is outfitted with swimming pool, ballroom, chapel, theater, and a dining room that seats 40. There is a crack crew of 254 Royal Navy sailors (two-thirds of whom sign on for their entire service careers) and 22 officers, including...
...Arthur Treacher will never have to defend its reputation as a citadel of culture. Bond should probably be seen as an example of that culture and--damn the flatulence of the rest of the land--a noble example he remains. From the North Sea to the seats, rule Britannia...
...Mondays, beginning Sept. 29, 8 p.m. E.D.T.). Except for The Spy Who Came In from the Cold, John Le Carré's convoluted plots have resisted translation into two-dimensional film and television. Now, in what should be the TV event of the season, the BBC proves that Britannia still rules the air waves. PBS's six-part showing of the BBC-co-produced Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is probably the most intellectually demanding-and rewarding-TV series ever seen...
...Britannia did not exactly rule the Olympics, but she did score impressively in important track events. In addition to the gold earned by Coe and Ovett, Britain's Allan Wells won the 100-meter dash and Daley Thompson took the decathlon. With 36 nations heeding President Carter's call for a boycott over the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, there was little else for the West to cheer about. Pietro Mennea, a flamboyant Italian, finished first in the 200-meter run, and Ethiopian Miruts Yifter, listed as 35 but rumored to be in his 40s, captured...