Word: crowning
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...discover that Mrs. Simpson's terrier is named "Folly." They get Mrs. Simpson's chauffeur to say that she has framed on her mantel in London the Chicago Tribune's famed Cinderella Simpson cartoon: in a shoe store Empire Salesman Edward VIII with the Imperial State Crown on his head kneels and offers a diamond-studded slipper to customer Mrs. Simpson whose smile is somewhat condescending (TIME...
...Other than mentioning that Edward should have made a very good king, I have nothing more to say about the matter." The reporters then asked his opinion of George Bernard Shaw's recent satirical play on the crown situation, which appeared in the Hearst papers...
...because he years ago attacked the stupid imperialism of past U. S. foreign policy. Cordell Hull's second piece of good fortune was that when his chance came, it was at a moment when Franklin Roosevelt was eager to capitalize the Hull policies. Success may or may not crown his efforts but at last he has free rein, such as few U. S. statesmen ever have, to attempt the things that are his sole belief...
James Brown, president of the Oxford Union, tells me that the objections to the marriage are not legal at all and cannot be met by amendment of the law. The dignity of the Crown and the powers of its example throughout the Empire alone must decide the King's choice of a queen. In a debate at the Union last week cashier divorce laws were advocated...
...Edward continues to beat his head against customs, he will be unhappy and will wear off the crown the lustre which his three predecessors worked hard to add. The way out of the maze is for him to resign, handing over the sceptre to a regent in trust for the Princess Elizabeth, daughter of the Duke of York and heir apparent. This dignified gesture would hurt the crown much less than the current hush-hush hocus pocus, and would allow all parties to breathe easier...