Word: buckinghams
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...subject of the disagreement at Buckingham Palace was: What school should 13-year-old Prince Charles attend? Queen Elizabeth wanted Eton, where Charles would wear a swallowtail coat, and mix mainly with sons of U.K.'s uppermost crust. Father Philip held out for Scotland's rugged Gordonstoun, his own old school, which among other goals aims to "free the sons of the rich and powerful from the enervating sense of privilege." Last week the palace announced the choice: Gordonstoun...
Yowling dissonantly in the arms of his Aunt Elizabeth as the Archbishop of Canterbury sprinkled him with water from the River Jordan, Britain's 46-day-old Viscount Linley was christened David Albert Charles in the domed music room of Buckingham Palace. The ceremony over, David's proud parents, Princess Margaret and the Earl of Snowdon, set off to finish up their preparations for a Christmas en famille at the Queen's Norfolk country home, after which they planned to take a second honeymoon in the West Indies-sans the squalling viscount...
...Chin-Chow, which opened in London in 1916. It has also surpassed Broadway's record-holding Life with Father by 521 performances.* The Mousetrap has become a prime attraction for British tourists down from the provinces, rivaling the Tower of London, and the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace...
...strong candidate for inclusion in Queen Elizabeth's next Honors List. Rex Harrison, 53, had grown so touchy about his associations that he backed out of a play in which his part obliged him to denounce democracy as "disgusting." Fearful that the iconoclasm of his lines might alienate Buckingham Palace ("I don't want to be in anything subversive") and discouraged by lukewarm critical reception, Harrison announced that he would abandon Nigel Dennis' August for the People by mid-month. Among the lesser troupers who will be made jobless by Harrison's decision was the gifted...
Subways. While many articles are rented for the purpose of borrowing status (a mink stole, from Manhattan's Consolidated Laundries for $35 a night; a Rolls-Royce, from Buckingham Livery for $9 an hour) or showing off (an elephant, from Fred Birkner for $500 a day), most users rent things that they can afford but require only for a short time. Thus it makes sense for the home gardener to rent the electric hedge trimmers that he needs only three times a year ($1.50 for a few hours), or for the host to rent five dozen highball glasses...