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Wishing to take a vacation incognito, Britain's popular ex-Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden disguised himself, passed through London's thronged Victoria Station, entrained for the Riviera (see p. 21) unrecognized. His disguise: a brown felt hat instead of curled-brim black Homburg...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Mar. 21, 1938 | 3/21/1938 | See Source »

...Washington last week, Envoy Roberts' call was finally returned by Sultan Seyed Syeed Bin's plump, brown-skinned, 27-year-old descendant, Muscat and Oman's Sultan Saiyid Said bin Taimur. Having traveled in the U. S. for three weeks incognito as Mr. Said, the Sultan managed to reach town one day ahead of Albania's Princesses Myzeyen, Ruhijé and Maxhide, resumed his royal status in Washington's Union Station where he emerged from his train dressed in native costume of brown robe, white undershirt, jeweled turban and dagger. Promptly and rudely nicknamed "Sultan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CABINET: Sultan Muskrat | 3/14/1938 | See Source »

...beautiful than has been represented in any of her pictures. Her short, slim, childish figure was clothed in a billowing white satin wedding gown." Worth of Paris charged the Egyptians $3,000 for this dress. Other eyes must have seen her too, for, still breaking tradition, she rode out incognito with Farouk to watch the fireworks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EGYPT: Queen Unique | 1/31/1938 | See Source »

...only just made a State visit (TIME, Nov. 29), following his treaty-making visit a few months before (TIME, April 5). This time handsome young Leopold III, 36, traveled with his mother, Queen Elisabeth, and both got bad colds, sore throats on a cold, rough Channel crossing. In strict incognito they went to stay at Welbeck Abbey with their friends of many years, the Duke of Portland & family...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Fairy Tales? | 12/13/1937 | See Source »

While waiting for the White House to reply, Mr. and Mrs. Chamberlain, traveling incognito as "Mr. and Mrs. Ireland" to escape the curiosity of British crowds, journeyed to the annual Conservative Party Conference at Scarborough. There Government & Party Leader Chamberlain, in the course of delivering a speech which stressed British Rearmament and was wildly cheered, said: "Hitherto it has been assumed that the United States of America -the most powerful country in the world -would remain content with a frankly isolationist policy. But President Roosevelt has seen that if what he calls an epidemic of world lawlessness is allowed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: Reactions to Roosevelt | 10/18/1937 | See Source »

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