Word: princess
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...while it seemed as if Elizabeth Taylor were getting the diamond mine and Richard Burton the shaft. Now, apparently, the durable actor has rebounded from his recent divorce by acquiring a new Elizabeth-and royalty at that. Burton's latest love is Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia, 38, a twice-married mother of three whose second husband is British Banker-Politician Neil Balfour. The romance began just last month while Burton was in London filming a biography of Sir Winston Churchill. "We are going to be married-that's definite," says Burton. "She has been a friend to Elizabeth...
...time-honored Japanese tradition, autumn is the season for colorful athletic contests. Even Princess Nori, 5, the only daughter of Japanese Crown Prince Akihito and Crown Princess Michiko, took part in the meet held at the kindergarten of the Peer's School where she is a second-year student. Her mother and brother, Prince Aya, 8, rooted warmly from the sidelines, and Nori ran as fast as her little royal legs would go. But princesses too sometimes lose a race, and Nori, who was too busy laughing to mind, finished third in her group of eight...
Bandit Attack. Though the Kunsts were often greeted royally (by Princess Grace of Monaco, among others), they also had misadventures. Mistaken for smugglers in the Spanish countryside one night, they were prodded awake by guards with Sten guns. The mayor of a French village chased them out of his house when they came to call, and they were stoned by anti-Americans in Iran and Turkey...
...svelte Septuagenarian Marlene Dietrich, the show must go on, if not the preshow party. Shoving aside a waiting wheelchair at London's Heathrow Airport, the statuesque star hobbled into England last week, still feeling the effects of a leg injury suffered earlier this year. Princess Margaret ordered up a royal reception at Grosvenor House, where Dietrich was scheduled to make her first West End cabaret appearance in almost 20 years. Despite a guest list that included Director Franco Zeffirelli and Actor Christopher Lee, the evening's main attraction canceled out by phone. "I haven...
...Forest Hills winner, stayed home in Australia because she recently gave birth to her second child. Superstar-Entrepreneur Billie Jean King has lately been in something of a slump. Thus much of the suspense settled on the question of whether Chris Evert could complete her rapid transit from crown princess to empress of the sport. Grass is not her favorite surface, though that did not stop her from taking the Wimbledon crown this summer. But King's grit could reassert itself, and a number of foreign competitors, including Australia's Evonne Goolagong and Russia's Olga Morozova...