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...played out. But there are times when Richard should convey a demanic drive, should impress us with a larger-than-life size. Instead, we have a chap who becomes nauseated on seeing Hastings' severed head; who, on speaking the famous line, "Off with his head--so much for Buckingham" (written not by Shakespeare but harmlessly interpolated by Cibber in 1700), underlines the second half by kicking an imaginary rugby ball...
...mood of Billy Bishop is constantly changing, like the surface of a lake under scudding clouds. It is sad, romantic, exultant. Billy is racked by fear, but victory is his adrenaline. One-on-one combat in the air is the last remnant of chivalry. He gets to Buckingham Palace to receive three decorations from the hand of King George V. His Majesty's first words: "Well, you have been a busy little bugger...
...string--Harvard was not to be included. The men who wrote the state's constitution loved the only University in Massachusetts and made special reference to its exalted status in the charter. The state legislature, three centuries later, interpreted the passage to mean Cambridge could zone Lesley College or Buckingham, Browne, Nichols but not Harvard...
...Prince Andrew, 20, kept Mum dutiful company as Queen Elizabeth II sheltered against the weather at the Badminton Horse Trials. But it's nice to make new friends. With the Queen and Prince Philip off on a state visit to Switzerland, Andrew hosted a dinner in his Buckingham Palace apartment for a single guest: Carolyn Seaward, 19, a Devonshire lass who as Miss United Kingdom is best known for her measurements (35-24-35). "Absolutely wonderful," gushed Carolyn après he. "We just relaxed and listened to music and chatted. The Prince talked about my modeling career...
Operation QEII is not code-named for the passenger liner but for Her Britannic Majesty. In The Siege of Buckingham Palace by Walter Nelson (Little, Brown; 239 pages; $10.95), a fanatic Baghdad-based group named Bloody Christmas sets out to kidnap the Queen and "strike at the heart of the Western world." In return for her freedom, the guerrillas demand the release of all 156 terrorists held in British, West German and Israeli prisonsplus ?5 million sterling and a jet to Libya. Arabs being all too visible in England, the royal heist is conducted by I.R.A. Provos, members...