Word: queenly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...swept up from the royal wedding of King Constantine and Princess Anne-Marie than the Greeks were back at their favorite political sport of monarchy baiting. The main target was not the popular newlyweds, still off on their island honeymoon, but the bridegroom's pert mother, German-born Queen Frederika, 47, whose good looks and outspoken views have embroiled her in controversy ever since she came to Greece 26 years ago as the bride of the late King Paul...
Paper Ambush. The incident ended a truce between politicians and the royal family imposed by the death of King Paul last March, the Cyprus crisis, and the wedding. The next shot, aimed directly at Queen Mother Frederika, was fired last week from the ambush Athenian politicians typically employ: the rumor columns of the newspapers. A pro-Papandreou newspaper reported it had "learned" from government sources that the widowed Queen Mother had agreed to leave Greece and retire to an estate in Austria in return for a large pension from the government. Other papers quickly joined in to embroider the indelicate...
...wrote, "lived our whole life inspired only by our unselfish love for our people and our family. After the cruel loss of my husband, it is with these happy memories that I wish to live, quietly and in peace. Yet in my desire to safeguard my dignity as Queen of the Hellenes for 17 years and as Queen Mother now, I feel it necessary to ask you not to proceed with the government's already announced intention to grant me a personal allowance. I wish to add that I do not intend to leave our country, which my husband...
...morning when the judges announced the results, six tense hours after the final contest began. As they handed Mitchell his prize, a gold medal, a band struck up God Save the Queen, and the audience stood to give him a long, warm round of applause. "All I was concerned about was to bring Australia the gold medal," said Mitchell proudly...
...seen and not heard. But not the new Miss America, who is a ventriloquist and thus has two voices. The night she reached the finals, Vonda Kay Van Dyke, 21, of Phoenix, chirruped: "Barry Goldwater, here I come!" But once the crown was in place, she became a benign queen, and said: "I think the President is our greatest man." Then she was off for a series of nationwide appearances that will earn her $75,000, in addition to the $11,000 in scholarships she will use next fall at the State University. The other girls were already on their...