Word: queene
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...rest of Catlin's life. He pestered Congress to buy his collection, and when it declined, took the whole shebang to England. There he happily found himself feted as a celebrity and a conversationalist (trimly stocky and handsome, he had great social presence). His Indian dancers performed for Queen Victoria and later for France's King Louis Philippe. He lived grandly and, despite his success, always just beyond his means. He published two volumes of his adventures, illustrated with his own drawings and displaying an exuberant narrative style. He described the Blackfoot-Crow country as a land "where...
...perfect match, then, which took 40 yards of pure silk taffeta, 100 yards of crinoline netting, and some old Carrickmacross lace given by Queen Mary to the Royal School of Needlework and used for the bodice. For borrowed, the bride wore a diamond tiara from the Spencer family collection, clasping her silk tulle veil, and a pair of diamond-drop earrings lent by her mother Frances Shand Kydd. Blue was a bow sewn into the waistband. For luck, there was a tiny 18-karat gold horseshoe tucked away in the voluminous skirts. The anxious Emanuels were stationed just inside...
...overlay of the modern. There was everything from Handel to favorite hymns of Charles (Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation) and of Diana (I Vow to Thee, My Country) to a lilting yet regal new anthem by Welsh Composer William Mathias, 46. The ceremony ended with God Save the Queen, newly arranged by Sir David Willcocks, director of the Royal College of Music, who worked the oceanic swell of that great melody into a kind of coda of moral grandeur. As the anthem died, cheers penetrated the thick cathedral walls as if the world outside had got a celebratory jump...
America's official representative was a never-stop. From the moment Nancy Reagan arrived in London she kept a hectic social pace, which included a meeting with the Queen at which she failed to curtsy. Fleet Street regarded this as a snub, although Buckingham Palace made it clear that Mrs. Reagan was not required to bend a knee. With that settled, the spiffy-looking President's wife quickly turned the tide, and by the time she appeared for the Hyde Park fireworks display on Tuesday night she received an ovation second only to the Queen...
...Windsors have an almost acrobatic talent for letting down even while they stay aloof. This explains why it was noted with pleasure that on the wedding night, with bride and groom safely off on the first leg of their honeymoon, the Queen showed up at Lady Elizabeth Shakerley's "do" at Claridge's and danced to Lester Lanin, while her sister Princess Margaret arranged a couple of chairs, put up her feet and, according to a waiter, "had a good rest." It also shows why Princess Anne could have appeared the next day at a Royal Navy ceremonial...