Word: queen
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...have sounded quite like the Princess of Wales, but when Queen Elizabeth toasted her husband on the occasion of their 50th wedding anniversary last week, she did strike a surprising note of intimacy. Talking at one point about the need to be sensitive to the public's will, she said, "I have done my best, with Prince Philip's constant love and help, to interpret it correctly..." There it was--the word love. Yes, she had tucked it away in a parenthetical phrase, but no one could remember the Queen's ever using it in a personal context. Will...
Probably not, but during two days of anniversary celebrations, the Queen and Prince Philip displayed exceptional openness and humanity. They spoke of each other and their children with far more feeling than they have in the past. Again and again, the Queen stopped to shake hands with people in the crowds, and at one banquet she sat at a table with a jockey, an autoworker and a policewoman. Surely the happiness of the occasion created an expansive mood, but the royal couple's behavior was not entirely spontaneous. The anniversary was an opportunity to present themselves and their children sympathetically...
...began on Wednesday, the eve of the anniversary, with a luncheon for 800 at which Prince Philip toasted his wife. "I think the main lesson we have learnt," he said, "is that tolerance is the one essential ingredient in any happy marriage...You can take it from me, the Queen has the quality of tolerance in abundance." The next day, Nov. 20, the couple attended a service in Westminster Abbey, where they had been married. The abbey was also the site of Diana's funeral three months ago, and as Prince Charles and his sons William and Harry walked down...
...Queen then sat with commoners at a luncheon of which Blair was host. But at Windsor Castle that evening, she returned to the forms of the ancien regime, giving a ball for foreign royals: seven Kings, 10 Queens, a grand duke, 26 princes and 27 princesses. The castle itself provided an apt symbol of royal rejuvenation. The Queen famously called 1992--a year of separations, divorce and scandal--her annus horribilis. The emotional low point may have come on Nov. 20, her 45th wedding anniversary, when Windsor Castle caught fire. Now, just in time for the 50th anniversary, the restoration...
While it may be cold outside right now, the popularity of the Queen of Green, Martha Stewart, and last year's $73.6 million in sales for gardening-supply giant Smith & Hawken are clear signs that getting dirty is a full-fledged American fad. Couple that with our perpetual scramble for the latest and greatest techno gadget, and that means the more green technology, the better--everything from automated tractors to high-tech barbecue grills. After all, for aficionados, life outdoors is much more than just keeping lawns in shape and boxwoods trimmed...