Word: crowning
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...parade your ignorance, Messieurs!" said M. Francqui, irate. "Even as a Minister of the Belgian Crown I have never accepted a centime for service to my country...
...royal wedding seems ever quite complete without a bomb, and a bomb there was, last week, for Crown Prince Olaf of Norway and his bride, Sweden's grave and lovely Princess Martha. In placing such royal nuptial dynamite-this time a whole kilogram-the usual thing is to plant it in the storied castle where the Prince and Princess expect to make their home. Therefore, last week experienced Norwegian police searched and searched every nook and cranny in and about Castle Oskarshal, until they found and nullified the nuptial bomb...
...extensive Stockholm was founded upon mud flats and granite in 1255 by Birger, Jarl (Earl) of Bjelbo. Last week, on the very site of the Jarl's first great hall, in a palace blazing with made-in-Sweden light bulbs, the preliminary, pre-nuptial ball was given by Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden. Over from Oslo for this event dashed Norway's spruce Crown Prince Olaf. This time he came openly and gaily, not as he clandestinely used to come (while courting Princess Martha) with his hat turned down, his coat turned up, and his eyes masked...
...eight bridesmaids were divided evenly between Sweden and Norway, and only one was royal, Princess Ingrid, only daughter of Swedish Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf. Fröken Irmelin Nansen, daughter of Polar Explorer Fridtjof Xansen, was Norway's premier bridesmaid. The others: Swedish, Elsa Steuch, Alfhild Ekelund, Madeleine Carleson; Norwegian, Ranghild Fearnley, Elizabeth Broch. Wedel Jarlsberg. Froken Jarlsberg is the daughter of the great Court Chamberlain, and Froken Ekelund's father was the late fabulously rich Swedish industrialist. Gunnar Ekelund. The pale and puffy blue stuff of which all eight dresses were made was the gift of Princess...
...piano, especially requested by Princess Märtha; 5) from the Swedish Government, a replica of King Gustaf V's own golden soup tureen; 6) from the Norwegian Government, a silver punch bowl; 7) from the Norwegian Storting a pair of silver candlesticks and probably an increase in Crown Prince Olaf's yearly civil list from $13,000 to $26,000, though the enabling legislation had not passed last week...