Word: buckingham
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Pope's principal mission, aside from a desire to end a war, was to establish the basis for a new religious peace between Anglicans and Catholics, who have been divided for four centuries. As thousands of people cheered outside the gates of Buckingham Palace, John Paul strode into the inner courtyard to meet another sovereign. Queen Elizabeth II, in a cheerily informal turquoise dress, was the Supreme Governour of the Church of England, John Paul the head of the Church of Rome; and both heads of state. It was a very private meeting-35 minutes in length...
...Catholic churches, called for discussions on reunion, and eliminated the idea that Catholic belief should ideally be mandated, or at least protected, by the power of the state. It was especially this removal of church political claims that made feasible John Paul II's visit to Buckingham Palace...
Given this backstairs acrimony it is hardly a surprise when the divorce further isolates Margaret from the simple life in Balmoral and Buckingham. With her companion Roddy, 18 years her junior, she begins tripping around the Caribbean, vainly searching for health and cheer. Dempster pores over royal records and checks back issues of the newspapers, but one of his most reliable sources seems to be an old friend of Margaret's whose drug-dependent son sold photographs of the princess to pay off his pusher. By the final curtain, Margaret and Roddy have split and the public is once...
...daughter of Dr. Roy Gordon, professor of Chemistry, she was born on Dec. 10, 1962 and graduated from Buckingham. Browne and Nichols School in Cambridge...
...opening of Parliament. In her first state appearance, Diana graced a chair to the right of the throne, with, as the Times of London put it, "the Prince of Wales at her side." Then came more momentous news, just three months after the royal nuptials. "It is announced from Buckingham Palace," read the statement, "that the Princess of Wales is expecting a baby in June." The royal offspring will become second in line to the throne behind Charles, who may attend the birth himself...