Word: queenly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Queen will cruise from La Paz to San Diego aboard her yacht. H.M.Y. Britannia is nothing less than a floating palace. At 412 ft. long, it is half the length of the QE2. It has the chintz-covered drawing room of a grand country house, a swimming pool, ballroom, chapel, theater and elegantly appointed bedroom suites-the Queen's with rosebud curtains, the Prince's in a more austere navy style. This ship is not for the frugal: it burns a ton of oil every seven miles. The ship's 26 officers and 254 crewmen all give...
...their five-day cruise from Mexico, the Queen and Prince Philip will be resting up not for such ineffable California experiences as sunset over a traffic jam on the San Diego Freeway, but for a numbing schedule of dinners and plaque dedications. It is not easy being royal, but they can be expected to remain courteous and resolutely interested in the midst of celebrity crush and media uproar...
...while listening to Tony Bennett (a royal favorite) croon where he left his heart and Mary Martin trill Getting to Know You (which she already does). They will also make a side trip to the Reagan ranch, near Santa Barbara, for barbecue ribs and riding-English-style for the Queen and hopalong Ron, western for Nancy. The Queen and Philip will help the Reagans celebrate their 31st wedding anniversary with an elegant candlelit dinner for 56 aboard the Britannia...
...Queen and Prince Philip will spend much of their time on more serious excursions. Philip is fascinated by technology, and they will visit the Rockwell International plant in Los Angeles, where the Queen could take a giddy ride in the shuttle flight simulator. In Cupertino, unofficial capital of Silicon Valley, they will tour the Hewlett-Packard plant and watch white-suited workers make micro chips. In San Diego, while the Queen peruses the Old Globe Theater, Philip will talk to the animals at the city's famed zoo. In order to ensure that the caged beasts growl...
...their final weekend, March 5 through 7, the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh will journey "privately" to Yosemite National Park, where the royal entourage will take over the entire Ahwahnee Hotel (121 rooms) and allow photographers only one brief opportunity to take pictures. As they tramp through the woods and gaze at the mountains' majesty, they will finally get the chance to be the plucky and curious British tourists that they really are. -By Richard Stengel. Reported by Mary Cronin with the Queen and Alessandra Stanley/Los Angeles