Word: consorte
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...harder rain fell Monday. At Rockwell International's plant in Downey, Queen and consort each stepped into the cockpit of a space shuttle simulator and played astronaut, making a video landing. The Queen was on automatic pilot; the Prince, who has piloted R.A.F. jets, grabbed the joystick and "flew" freely...
...come. Next day, in a step unprecedented in the history of the British monarchy, the Queen sued Kenny and News Group for unspecified monetary damages. The royal family's use of injunctions to block unwelcome disclosures in the press is not new. In 1849 Queen Victoria's consort Prince Albert went to court to forestall publication of sketches drawn by himself and his wife. The last use was in May 1981 to prohibit distribution of alleged transcripts of telephone conversations between Prince Charles and his then fiancée Lady Diana. But last week marked the first time...
...scene-saving knack for improvisation. (Jamaicans last week admiringly recalled an occasion during the royal couple's 1975 visit when one profoundly confused male official approached the Queen and, instead of bowing, curtsied. The Prince, to help the man out of his embarrassment, good-humoredly curtsied back.) Queen and consort played expertly to easy audiences in the Caribbean, and faced a Mexican public eager for distraction from its peso troubles. At week's end the royal couple could look forward to their accustomed favorable reviews from royalty-dazzled democrats...
...President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board. Betsy, his wife of 35 years, is the daughter of a socially prominent Los Angeles family and one of Nancy Reagan's closest friends. An inveterate giver of parties, many for charity, she has been crowned "Good Queen Betts"; her consort was dubbed "King Alfred...
...attend. In another school, an American student invited to dinner at the home of a Chinese classmate was asked to "come rather late and wear dark clothing so nobody will notice that a foreigner is coming to our house." The plea was understandable since Chinese who openly consort with foreigners know they will be visited soon afterward by Public Security agents demanding to know what the conversations were about...