Word: monarchism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Scandinavian monarch is greeted by his subjects with no servility, no boot-licking but with the affectionate bonhomie that a Protestant layman might show to an amiable Bishop of his sect. Last week Denmark's giant-tall King Christian X, on one of his daily horseback jaunts through Copenhagen's busiest streets, was not surprised when a passing truck driver waved him a cheery salute. Back waved King Christian, and at that moment his horse, young and excitable, suddenly reared, fell down. Beneath the horse one of the King's legs was pinioned and anxious bystanders rushed...
...Heartiest Congrats for your excellent story on King George VI. I feel like I know the new monarch 100% better now for which I am deeply grateful after the numerous slurs he has received at the hands of our august press...
...growing strength of the "Crown America first" trend here in New England, officers of the club confidently expect that one of the monarch's first royal acts will be to name New England the "Duchy of Farley" and to grant earldoms to the college leaders. It was revealed that the Yale club has invited girl's colleges to form "Eleanor for Queen" clubs and preparatory schools to form "Jimmy-For-Crown-Prince" clubs...
...Mohammedan theory that "all are equal before Allah in prayer," the World's Richest Man prostrated himself with his subjects at the Great Mosque and everyone prayed. Poems were recited and the venerable Hindu Premier read an address hailing his Mohammedan Monarch as "today the sole relic of Mogul greatness in India...
...strictly perfect Constitutional monarch, dwelling almost entirely in moated Tokyo Palace grounds, and never known to have kicked over the traces is Japanese Emperor Hirohito. Last week His Majesty, the impassive, bespectacled, studious Son-Of-Heaven who had just weathered a grave Cabinet crisis (TIME, Feb. 8), donned medieval court costume and pre- sided in the Palace of his ancestors over nationwide celebrations to mark the 2,597th anniversary of his Imperial Dynasty...