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...sovereign Dominions were not formally bound to act together. In 1911, every one of "the old Dominions" (and the mother country) had rejected a proposal binding them to concerted action in defense and foreign relations. Their union rested on like-mindedness, on "kingship and kinship," on a common heritage and a common way of doing things. It rested also-very heavily-on British control of the seas and London's central position in world commerce-of which Lloyd's was a symbol. These had been the central political and economic facts of the preceding century...
...Anthony William Hall, 53, village police inspector, pretender to the throne of Britain as King Anthony I (he claimed direct descent from Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn); of a heart ailment; in Little Dewchurch, England. Hall, who leaves no heir (his older brother Don, once renounced all claims to kingship in the event of Anthony's success), campaigned for the throne with dignity but persistence, addressed some 2,000 outdoor meetings. At various times he sent a notice to King George V to quit, plumped for the return of the American colonies to Britain, and tried to build...
...though he might sit in back of a mere diplomat, Dom Pedro understood something of kingship. Before he left Rome there was one more snapshot he wanted taken. It concerned another king, temporarily defeated but never humbled. Pedro directed his taxi to the spot in Rome where Mussolini had set up the golden statue of the Lion of Judah, captured at Addis Ababa. Now the statue was safely back in Africa in Haile Selassie's keeping. The spot in Rome was empty. King Pedro turned to his photographers. "Photograph that for me," he commanded...
...French, English and European manners in one of the most expensive private schools in Switzerland. But Mohamed Reza was not allowed to finish. The Shah, suddenly bitten with suspicion that his son was wasting his time, ordered him home for a more rigorous personal preparation in the duties of kingship...
...might have to wait some time. For at week's end Generalissimo Franco played his own prince. Through "informed diplomatic quarters" he let it be known that he was thinking of offering the kingship to Prince Alfonso Jaime, 9, son of Pretender Don Juan's elder (and deaf) brother Don Jaime, 37, who renounced his claim to the throne...