Word: princess
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Headwaiter. Some of the most illustrious names on the invitation list failed to make it. Regrets were sent by President Nixon (who dispatched Spiro Agnew instead), Queen Elizabeth II (who was represented by Prince Philip and Princess Anne) and, in the unkindest cut of all, French President Georges Pompidou, who sent Premier Jacques Chaban-Delmas. What was particularly grating was the fact that the Shah had given the affair such a heavily French accent. Taking note of this, Pompidou is reported by a Western diplomat to have said: "If I did go, they would probably make me the headwaiter...
There were plenty of acceptances, from King Hussein to Princess Grace and Prince Rainier, as well as Soviet President Nikolai Podgorny. But most of the visitors were lesser-knowns, such as King Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho, Liechtenstein's Prince Franz Joseph and Swaziland's Premier Prince Makhosini...
...laid down at the 1815 Congress of Vienna, some guests were miffed. When Kai-Ewe von Hassel, president of West Germany's Bundestag, was sent to represent (Federal President Gustav Heinemann, protocol decreed that he be shifted to a hotel and his tent assigned to the higher-ranking Princess Bilgis of Afghanistan. Von Hassel was not happy...
...Letrone, proprietor of Chez Sam in Paris, went to Peking to see one of his oldtime customers-Cambodia's exiled ruler, Prince Norodom Sihanouk. The prince, Sam wrote to France-Soir Columnist Carmen Tessier, "has a solid appetite. His aunt, a princess, simmers up little dishes. To keep in shape, he plays badminton with Princess Monique and his staff. He still composes songs, and during the Oct. 1 celebrations one could hear his latest work: Nostalgia for China, Which Everyone Knows...
...must protest about TIME's breaking of the embargo imposed by Buckingham Palace on the Norman Parkinson-Camera Press portraits of Princess Anne. Your Aug. 16 issue preceded the release date by several days and has caused us both embarrassment and inconvenience...