Word: horreur
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...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...