Word: monarchical
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...American, the word "monarch" can conjure up nightmares of King George III, symbolizing British control over American colonies in the 18th century. Or perhaps we start thinking of the sad genetic malfunctions which run through royal families that are too inbred, a result, ironically, of their hopes to keep their family bloodlines pure. The fact that Queen Victoria passed along her mutated gene for hemophilia to several different European royal families comes up in one biology textbook after another...
...male succession. There is therefore a feminist dilemma regarding the behavior of modern princess consorts, not unlike the one that Hillary Clinton faced when her husband was running for president of this country. Essentially, the consort's role must be a supporting one, and always subordinate to both the monarch and the heir...
Diana had married for love, for the sake of a monarch, for country. But she found love false, her prince unfeeling, herself confused and alone. The future would not be long in coming. "I could see an accident coming, but not one like that," says Fincher, her photographic consultant. "I heard it on the local news," says Kresic. "My daughters cried. It's terrible that she wasn't allowed to have some private life." "I can't believe that she was here, sitting next to me," says his daughter DIJANA, 13. "She always smiled at me. Conqueror of hearts...
...more royal than the royals. She had a higher station than the Queen of England; she was the titular young monarch of her own country and of every other place in the world. She was the sentimental favorite figurehead, who was authorized to sign no treaties, command no armies, make no wars. All she had was the way she looked and sounded and behaved. No model or actress could hold a candle to her. She was the image every child has of a princess--the one who can feel the pea under the mattresses, who kisses the frog, who lets...
...palace also bowed on the issue of the Buckingham Palace flag, announcing that the Union Jack would fly at half-staff there on Saturday in place of the monarch's personal flag that the Queen would not lower. The length of the funeral parade route through London has been tripled to accommodate the anticipated huge crowd...