Word: consorts
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...government stipend, and -- to entertain the unthinkable -- for the whole institution to be abolished. Even knowledgeable observers are writing off Charles and Diana as the next King and Queen. How could they take coronation vows, given their farce of a marriage, she possibly too high-strung to be Queen Consort, he exposed as quintessential neo-bachelor living the life of his choice and ignoring his marriage...
While Elvis hasn't explicitly endorsed Clinton, it's clear where his allegiances lie. According to the Weekly World News, a leading extraterrestrial envoy heartily supports Clinton's quest. ("Alien Backs Clinton," August 11, page one.) And since Elvis has been known to consort with the UFO crowd while traveling through the Bermuda Triangle, one can extrapolate that he supports the governor's campaign...
...House of Windsor itself. As reigning Kings lost their real power, they had to find other reasons for the monarchy's existence. Queen Victoria, who ascended the throne in 1837, settled on an answer that has come back to haunt her descendants. Along with Albert, her beloved prince consort, she buttressed her sovereignty with the admonition that the royal family would set by example the moral tone for the nation and the empire. Collective good conduct became a justification for authority and privilege. Duty, self-sacrifice, fidelity in service to the public weal and in Christian marriage were...
...separation became routine. In Charles' defense it could be said that the role of king-in-waiting to a robustly healthy mother while acting simultaneously as consort to a superstar formed the basis of a dour midlife crisis. The new book makes much of the prince's relationship with Camilla Parker-Bowles, 43, the wife of a brigadier who is himself a courtier, with the title of Silver Stick in Waiting to the Queen. Camilla is one of Charles' old flames, dating from his lengthy bachelor days, when he courted classy girls enthusiastically but did not propose...
...Each school can agree to distribute need-based scholarships unilaterally, but it can't decide to do that in consort with the group," said James Miller, director of financial...