Word: consorts
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...Elizabeth to decide whether and when to elevate him to the rank of Prince Consort. Many expect that she will, at the time of her coronation. But even as a mere ducal husband, 30-year-old Philip is bound to play an influential part in the Queen's affairs. In Canada, exercising his easy charm at his wife's side, and managing to maintain a discreetly subordinate position, handsome Philip proved himself a graceful diplomat, an affable salesman of royalty...
...Arthur George, known to his family as "Bertie," was the most unassuming. To his formidable great-grandmother, even the date of his birth-Dec. 14, 1895-seemed inauspicious: as 76-year-old Queen Victoria noted in her journal, it was the 34th anniversary of the death of her beloved Consort, Prince Albert...
...Like many another British institution, the B.A.A.S. likes to honor itself by honoring royalty. Other members of the royal family who have presided: Prince Philip's great-great-grandfather Prince Consort Albert (1859), the Duke of Windsor, then Prince of Wales...
...first official move, Stokes lunched at the royal palace, presented the Shah and his consort with overflowing baskets of gladioli, orchids, fruit brought from Britain; Teheran papers promptly saw a favorable omen for the talks. This week, Stokes, who glories in the role of a hardhitting, U.S.-type businessman, will sit down at the conference table with the Iranians. Hovering in the background, ready with soothing words and compromise suggestions, is the one hero of the crisis: tireless W. Averell Harriman. His performance so far: excellent...
...bustling week for Britain's royal family, Princess Margaret paid her first official visit to Oxford, planted a tree and declared the Imperial Forestry Institute a going concern. A new car for Princess Elizabeth arrived, a dark green Daimler "consort" saloon model (price: ?1,690) complete with radio, air conditioning unit and make-up compartment. Up from Malta came father Philip to join the family in the white-and-gold music room of Buckingham Palace for another christening. Queen Elizabeth, Princess Margarita of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Princess Andrew of Greece (by proxy), Earl Mountbatten and the Hon. Andrew Elphinstone, first...