Word: crown
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Sporting princes are not the monopoly of Britain. Last week, in Bucharest, Crown Prince Carol jumped into his racing automobile, clapped on his goggles, slipped in his clutch and shot off with the speed of a well-oiled wavelength. Precisely, he was contending with 22 others in a race...
Past the King and Queen, who were accompanied by the Queen Mother Margherieta (proud of her son), Crown Prince Umberto, the Princesses Mafakla and Giovanna, the Duke and Duchess of Aosta (the King's cousins), Benito Mussolini and members of the Diplomatic Corps, marched a two-hour military and police parade. Later, a monster procession of more than 100,000 people, headed by a platoon of the Royal Guards on white chargers, marched past the Quirinal Palace, paying a tribute of cheers to its Sovereigns and receiving in return the King's salutes and the Queen...
Amid uproarious scenes, a bill to provide Crown Prince Umberto with 2,000,000 lire a year ($80,000) was passed by a huge majority...
Fascist Deputy Alfieri recounted the sterling qualities of the Crown Prince, said a fitting grant was necessary to keep up the royal traditions of the ancient House that was the pride of the Nation...
Just to show that they are still there, that they have not been sold, as so often reported, the Moscow Government led the Diplomatic Corps to the state vault in the Treasury to see the Romanov Crown Jewels...