Word: infanta
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Royal Highness, the Infanta Eulalia of Spain, aunt of King Alfonso, has recently observed publicly?that, with the drooping of his whiskers into a beard, Wilhelm of Doorn now "appears at first glance to be none other than the late King Edward...
...Queen of the Belgians, the Queen of Rumania, the Duke and Duchess of York, the Infanta Beatrice of Spain, the Archbishop of Canterbury, J. H. Thomas (onetime engine driver and Colonial Secretary in the Labor Cabinet), the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Garvin (he is Editor of The Observer, London Sunday newspaper), the Foreign Secretary and Mrs. Austen Chamberlain, the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs. Winston Churchill, Prince and Princess Obolensky, the Colonial Secretary and Mrs. Amery, the Duke and Duchess of Portland, Sir Edward and Lady Grigg, Admiral of the Fleet Lord Beatty...
...jockey and in particular for Lord Derby, popular sportsman. King George, whose horse Resinato was ridden by the U. S. jockey Archibald, was present with the Queen, the Prince of Wales, the Duke of York, Viscount Lascelles (husband of Princess Mary), Queen Marie of Rumania and the Infanta Beatrice of Spain. He called Lord Derby to his presence and warmly congratulated him. The stakes, which amount to about $50,000, were handed over by the Earl to Sansovino's trainer, the Hon. George Lambton, brother of the Earl of Durham. Lord Derby no doubt contented himself with the bookies...
...newest thing at the Austrian State Opera House is a one act opera The Dwarf, by Zemlinsky. It is an adaptation of Oscar Wilde's The Birthday of the Infanta, but in places it seems almost a transmogrification, for Wilde's characters are children but these are adults, including the Dwarf who has never seen himself in a mirror. But with the music Zemlinsky is more successful, having produced a score that is described as "full of harmony and charming melody...
...sometimes given credit for having started the Spanish-American war. Incidentally, it was Mr. Hearst's papers which sent Eastern children and nursemaids shivering to bed by the headline: SPANISH FLEET SIGHTED. Next morning it transpired that the fleet had been sighted in the far-off Caribbean. -The Infanta Isabel (born 1851) is the aunt of King Alfonso...