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...Brussels, and Le Reposoir lends itself to such dreams. Built in the 18th Century, it is nicknamed le coteau des altesses-the hill of the highnesses. Among others who have lived there and dreamed of lost diadems were Louis Bonaparte's Queen Hortense and Napoleon's Empress Josephine...
Emperor Hirohito and Empress Nagako, earnestly cooperating in debunking the Shinto myth, presented convincing proof of their democratic leanings. At a palace celebration of the second anniversary of Japan's democratic constitution, they led the assembled 30,000 in three rousing banzais...
...Quelle Horreur!" At 5:30 on the evening of Sept. 30, 1869, France's Empress left St. Cloud with her staff, her pets and her retainers to board the imperial yacht Aigle at Venice and sail to Suez. On the way they called on Italy's Victor Emmanuel (whom Eugénie detested), the King & Queen of Greece, and the Sultan of Turkey. When she left, the Sultan gave her a carpet on which was embroidered a portrait of her husband, the Emperor, with real human hair and a mustache. "Mon Dieu," exclaimed...
Quelle Emotion. The next day France's imperial yacht led a triumphal procession of flag-decked yachts, warships, steamers and sailboats from a score of nations through the rest of the canal. Everybody worried about running aground. "During the entire trip," wrote De Lesseps, "the Empress felt as though her head was circled with fire; every moment she imagined the Aigle grounded, the honor of the French flag compromised, and the fruit of labors lost. Suffocated by emotion, she was obliged to leave the table and we could overhear her sobs." Nevertheless, the voyage was negotiated successfully from...
There was only one small shadow in all that dazzle to blight her joy. Sometime during the ceremonies Eugénie's pet turtle La Reine wandered off in the general direction of the pyramids. It was not found again until after the Empress had left for France...