Word: queene
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...said to have regarded it as an affront that the helicopter carrying him and his wife Patricia from Heathrow Airport outside London to Windsor Castle was far behind the Reagans' chopper. According to White House aides, he upbraided Clark and Baker on the lawn at Windsor Castle, while Queen Elizabeth II was welcoming Reagan. "He went crazy," recalls one presidential assistant. Haig further annoyed Clark and Baker by theatening to abandon the trip and return to Washington...
...first toys the young Prince may grasp is an ivory-handled rattle that was given to his great-grandmother, Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. More than 2,000 gifts from all over the world flooded in on the family; most are to be passed on to hospitals and orphanages...
After all, Charles did marry a commoner: a vivacious, strong-willed young woman, who is unpompous and unintimidated. It was, for instance, Diana's decision not to have her baby at Buckingham Palace, as the Queen had wanted. She has said that her Princeling will travel with his parents on state tours. It was presumably also Diana-who had worked with children-who had the last word when it came to hiring the nanny, Barbara Barnes, 39, who says firmly that she will not wear a uniform and has learned her philosophy of governance (plenty of fresh...
...acting debut, she is not unfamiliar with the privileges of the privileged classes. Related to both Charles and Prince Philip, Catherine is the daughter of Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia, the grandniece of the late Princess Marina of Greece (who later became the Duchess of Kent), and a cousin of Queen Sofia of Spain. How's that for precision Di casting...
Dating back through 227 years of impeccably correct regimental rites, Trooping the Color is the celebration of the British monarch's official birthday. This year's ceremony fell victim to an even older tradition: that ineffable rite of a British spring, stormy weather. As Queen Elizabeth II, now 56, prepared to take the salute from the Brigade of Guards-their numbers depleted in service to Her Majesty in the South Atlantic-the skies opened up. The Queen's rain was mercifully short, and while it fell, Elizabeth valiantly attempted to maintain a regal posture...