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...criticism on the grounds of expense and taste. Peasants in nearby villages may have been impressed-but not exactly pleased-that the government had spent $50,000 on 50 Lanvin-designed uniforms for the royal court, each requiring one mile of gold thread. As for taste, even the Empress Farah said in an unguarded moment, "There have been a lot of mistakes and lapses" -one of which might have been the choice of pink roses and cigars for signs on rest-room doors. Many Iranians also resented that the extravaganza evolved from a festival of their national culture into...
...Nantua sauce; stuffed rack of roast lamb and, as a main course, a traditional medieval dish: roast peacock stuffed with foie gras. For dessert there was a ring of figs with raspberries in the center, champagne sherbet and mocha coffee. There was also a 33-kg. cake to mark Farah's 33rd birthday, which was last week...
Born. To Mohammed Reza Pahlevi 50, the Shah of Iran, and Empress Farah, 31, his third wife: their fourth child, second girl; in Teheran. Name: Princess Leila...
...family's 28-room, $700,000 Villa Suvretta at St. Moritz is still being refurbished, so Farah Diba, Empress of Iran, is staying at a nearby villa while she and the youngsters enjoy the sun and snow...
...mistaking the fact that he had both. When, following the tradition of his predecessors, he placed his 3,755-jewel crown on his own head, millions of Iranians fell to their knees and shouted "Javid Shah [Long live the Shah]." When he broke tradition by also crowning Empress Farah, it was the ceremonial affirmation of her importance to his throne. The first woman ever to be crowned in Iran's 2,513-year history as a monarchy, she will become regent, if anything happens to the Shah, until Prince Reza comes of age. It is a possibility that...