Word: duke
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...name of the game is constitutional monarchy. By its unwritten rules, Britain's sovereign loyally refrains from controversial statements, especially when dealing with her outer domains, for whom she is the symbol of unity with Britain itself. Not so confined is Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, who regularly sparks debates over the nation's "cuppas" by his talent for what he calls dontopedalogy-opening his mouth and putting his foot in it. Last week Philip kicked up a storm in kingdom and Commonwealth as well...
...monarchy that royalty should not give public expression to contentious political opinions." Snapped one M.P.: "Philip is a very highly paid civil servant [at $120,000 a year] who is expected to keep his nose out of politics." Worried Lord Brockway, chairman of the Movement for Colonial Freedom: "The Duke has unhappily given encouragement to Mr. Smith, whose whole strategy is to seek delay...
Reaction to the princely philippic from Black Africa was equally sour. Murmured Kenya's External Affairs Minister Joseph Murumbi: "It is hard to imagine how the Duke of Edinburgh, who has never been exposed to the hard realities of colonialism, could speak authoritatively on Rhodesia." Added the East African Standard, for good measure: "Who does Prince Philip think he is-Prince Albert...
Fact was, millions of Britons shared the Duke's view of the Rhodesian problem, which until recently was also official policy of Harold Wilson's government. And few really wanted to muzzle the royal consort. "Over a period of years, he has succeeded in being pungent, constructive, and to the point on an exceptionally wide range of topics," commented the London Times. "The nation would be the loser if any serious attempt were made to impose some constitutional silence upon the Duke...
After a wartime marriage to French Cinemactress Danielle Darrieux, Rubi in 1947 married Doris Duke, heiress to the $100 million Duke tobacco fortune. Doubtlessly out of respect for the bride's family, Rubi smoked a cigarette all through the ceremony in Paris (Doris provided the ring), but the marriage lasted only 13 months. Doris was, as he said, "extremely generous," and he went on to become corespondent in two society divorce suits and, in 1953, Husband No. 5 of Dime Store Heiress Barbara Hutton. Babs and Rubi flew aboard a chartered Super Constellation from Manhattan to Palm Beach...