Word: protocolic
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...welcome was as grand as protocol would allow. On his first visit to Washington since he assumed office last July, Japan's Prime Minister Zenko Suzuki, 70, was greeted with a fanfare of trumpets, a 19-gun salute, a military guard in 1776 revolutionary raiment and the largest diplomatic dinner the Reagans have given in the White House. The 109 guests ranged from captains of industry to Cabinet members of both countries to James Clavell, author of the bestseller Shōgun, and Actor Richard Chamberlain, star of the TV miniseries based on Clavell's novel. The pomp...
...diamonds had been sold, and the proceeds donated to charity. That donation, it turned out was made only a month before Giscard's explanation-and a full 15 months after the issue was first raised. Giscard's Olympian conception of his office reaches even into the protocol of the Elysée Palace. At state dinners he has been known to insist on the regal deference of being served first even when his guests include national leaders and women. One guest happened to be both: British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Giscard claims that he ordered his staff...
...Queen has already resigned her teaching post and moved from her London flat into royal quarters. At Clarence House, home of the popular "Queen Mum," Elizabeth's mother, and just 200 yds. from Buckingham Palace, she will doubtless be instructed in some of the finer nuances of royal protocol. She has presumably already satisfied the royal doctors that she can bear healthy children and has no family history of hereditary maladies. Asked if she feels prepared for the life ahead of her, the future Queen of England responded in the sweet, storybook style that has already endeared...
Sadat, accompanied by his wife Jehan, next flew to Paris for what had been billed as a two-day private visit to the French capital. Instead, it had all the makings of a state affair. Accompanied by his wife Anne-Aymone, the protocol-conscious Giscard broke with custom by meeting the Sadats at the airport (something he never does unless it is an official state visit), escorted them on a leisurely tour of the city, then hosted a lunch at the Elysee Palace. Afterward, Giscard and Sadat spent two hours talking privately...
...acre estate 100 miles north of London, "hanging about the stables, photographing anything that moves," according to the Queen's press secretary. At one point, the reporters threatened to upset a Shetland pony carrying the Queen's three-year-old grandson Peter. These breaches of protocol produced some rare cracks in Her Majesty's regal facade. "I wish you would go away," she snapped at swarming newshounds. Prince Charles, too, had some unusually sharp words when he addressed a group of Fleet Street's finest. "I take this opportunity to wish you all a very happy...