Word: buckingham
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Many Britons seem prepared to accept that British manners, a tradition no less dear than the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace, are in decline. What roils some Brits is that Americans are giving the advice. Harrumphed a commentator in the Daily Mail: "Surely it is the depth of bureaucratic rudeness to imply there is not a single native of these shores capable of inculcating patience and good manners...
Nika Turbina, a child prodigy from the Soviet Union, attended classes at Buckingham, Browne and Nichols School and gave a reading of her work in her native language...
...Rumors circulate in the world press of marital tension between the increasingly wild Princess Di and her increasingly aged and doddering husband. The nerd who would be king reportedly capitulates and sends his wife a peace offering. The nature of the gift is not revealed, but Buckingham Palace sources indicate that it "is able to perform the kingly role without premature abdication...
England beckons. In the world's capital of sexual perversion bound up in strict but rarely observed social codes, I hope to find my place mending the sick and undersexed. First stop: Buckingham Palace...
Pretty soon the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh arrive to pay their respects, telling Ryan that his wife and young daughter are safely ensconced in Buckingham Palace and that he is now Sir John, a Knight Commander of the Victorian Order. Then the Prince drops by, a little dejected at having been exposed to the world as a helpless victim. "Sit down, goddammit!" Ryan commands and proceeds to put some starch in the heir apparent's spine. Once the American hero recovers, he joins his family at the palace, where a lovely time...