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While the Welly is hurled and the tots take the vows, Charles and Diana should have departed the palace breakfast and started, via British Rail, on the first stage of their honeymoon. They will spend their first two days as husband and wife at Broadlands, once the home of Earl Mountbatten of Burma. Ahead, after their two-week Mediterranean cruise aboard the Britannia, lie the more serious duties of government and the more exacting chores of their official life together...
...Patrick and Nancy Robertson, an American couple whose son Lady Diana played nanny to in 1979 and 1980). Inevitably there are also a few conspicuous by their absence, like King Juan Carlos of Spain, who was miffed that the Prince and Princess of Wales chose to embark on their honeymoon cruise from Gibraltar, a British colony that the Spanish consider their...
...newlyweds will not be piped aboard the royal yacht Britannia - that mark of naval respect is normally accorded only to the Queen. But during the course of the two-week Mediterranean honeymoon cruise, Prince Charles and Lady Diana will be coddled and comforted by every other amenity that the glorious ship has to offer. A seagoing resort, the Britannia is outfitted with swimming pool, ballroom, chapel, theater, and a dining room that seats 40. There is a crack crew of 254 Royal Navy sailors (two-thirds of whom sign on for their entire service careers) and 22 officers, including...
Britannia's royal suite has undergone one notable change since she last served the royal family for such a voyage. During their 1973 honeymoon cruise, Princess Anne and her husband, Captain Mark Phillips, had to request that the royal suite's twin beds be lashed together...
...Haig returned to Washington after a two-week trip that included stops in Peking, Manila and Wellington, New Zealand, where he sought to solidify America's ties with its allies in the Pacific. Special Envoy Philip Habib was still shuttling in the Middle East. At home, however, a honeymoon tolerance of the Administration's shaky start in foreign affairs was ending. Some barbed questions were being asked: Did Reagan really have any foreign policy? Did those globetrotters have any central policy compass to help them reach compatible goals...