Word: estoril
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Spain for 31 years. He is Don Juan de Borbon y Battenberg, 49, Count of Barcelona and Pretender to the Spanish throne, which he and his monarchist supporters are certain will be restored when Franco goes. Until that happens, he can only wait restlessly in self-imposed exile at Estoril, Portugal's glittering resort, or take the handsome yacht Saltillo for endless cruises in the Mediterranean-an embodiment of his country's impatience, and a symbol of the Spanish past that is desperately trying to move into modern Europe...
...Juan is no princely puppet. In Estoril, he works hard each morning at his rambling Villa Giralda. digesting reports on developments in Spain, receiving visitors, answering mail, plowing through the newspapers flown in from London...
...diamonds were five kings, four queens and 46 princes and princesses. "Like the old fairy tales," gushed a U.S. newshen. There were monarchs from the egalitarian kingdoms of Norway and The Netherlands, and out-of-season princelings and grand dukes from the royal boneyards of Lisbon and Estoril. From Britain came Princess Margaret and her commoner husband, Antony Armstrong-Jones; Tony wore elevator shoes to make himself taller than she is, and drew more cheers than any visiting member of the wedding party...