Word: queenly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...hard-boiled and whimsical. He was brutal and tender, so I was told. From shop girl to 'sassiety queen,' they all seemed to develop certain tendencies in his presence. What may have resulted, deponent sayeth not. About some things 'Gene was Spinx-like. All I can report are the phenomena." --Weaver
Thanks for Prince Philip on the cover. As much as I admire the Queen and follow her travels, I am usually disappointed to find there is very little mention of Philip. Thanks for not keeping in the same rut as the other magazines...
What's the matter with Eisenhower, wearing the British Order of Merit at the White House dinner for Queen Elizabeth? Isn't being President of the United States enough distinction for him? Then what's he doing wearing this dog tag from the late George VI? If George Washington heard about this, he would turn over in his grave-and Abraham Lincoln...
...reading of Britain's Prince Philip in TIME, one is struck by the many analogies between the job of consort to a reigning Queen and the vice-presidency of the U.S. "More than almost any other public office in all the world, the job of consort to a reigning Queen is what its holder chooses to make it." I am sure you will agree that Americans have seen our last two Vice Presidents make something of their office, in an office similarly flexible to individual expression...
Upper-class Lebanese were unenthusiastic at the news. Said one Beirut matron: "What will she get out of it that she hasn't got at home? Food? She's got food. Clothes? She's got clothes. Queen, indeed! She will be a prisoner." But Ferial herself was reported to be delighted. "All she thinks of is the jewels," said one of her girl friends, as Beirut echoed with gossip that Saud was preparing to give his prospective bride $150,000 worth of gems. Ferial's none-too-prosperous parents were also pleased-they had six other...