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Asked why the Shah decided to go to the Bahamas, an aide retorted, "Where else can he go?" A spokesman for the Bahamian government insisted that the monarch was there only for a "short visit." There were rumors that the Shah was considering Brazil as his next stop. Meanwhile, he could console himself with the thought that the Bahamas for centuries have been a refuge for exiles-including, most recently, the late Howard Hughes and fugitive Financier Robert Vesco...
Once there were not enough hours in the imperial day for all he sought to accomplish as that political rara avis, a 20th century absolute monarch. Now there are too many. Time hangs heavy for Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, the deposed Shah of Iran, in exile with Empress Farah and their children in a Moroccan palace on the outskirts of Rabat. As the days drag on and the reality of lost power dashes pretense and undermines hope, the Shah has grown irritable, subdued, even morose...
...well, a ransom fit for a queen. Not that Elizabeth II was exactly ad venturing for booty, but when Britain's monarch returned home last week from a three-week tour of six Persian Gulf states, she brought back an assortment of trinkets worth an estimated $2 million. Quite a haul, even for someone who is reputed to be the world's wealthiest woman...
...fired on the crowd, killing and wounding hundreds. More strikes broke out. Peasant and military groups revolted. Says Tucker: "That may have been the purest case before Iran in the 20th century of a great, spontaneous, popular, antimonarchical movement spreading across the country. In that case, it failed; the monarch caught itself, staggered and survived-temporarily...
...Morocco may soon end. Last week his host, King Hassan II, formally recognized the Bazargan government. The crew of the Shah's royal 707 jet flew the plane, complete with its gold-plated bathroom fixtures, back to Iran. "If anyone offers you a job, take it," the gloomy monarch reportedly advised his dwindling entourage last week...