Word: regente
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...from Daimler Hire, Ltd., sells old equipages to The Car Mart, Ltd.-all three motor firms holding royal warrants. Less candid are Their Majesties' little extravagances and their sale of whatnots. Thus Her Majesty probably spends more pounds buying Imperial Russian enamel and ikons from Wartski & Co. on Regent Street than on any other self-indulgence. But the fawning Messrs. Wartski hold no royal warrant, even though they have also sold intimate things for King George, such as the chronometer of the royal yacht. Not to be confused with the Regent Street Wartskis are Wartski & Sons, Ltd. in Bishopsgate...
Paris, Dec. 6--Prince Paul, Regent of Jugoslavia, left for Belgrade tonight, concluding a successful week of tightening political relations with France. He stated that not the slightest difference remained between the two countries...
...refugee from the Revolution, named Paul (Pierre Fresnay). Turning adventurer, he picks up a virginal chanteuse, takes her across the Channel to Brighton. It is 1811; Brummell struts at Bath; in & out of prim Adam houses parades the world of fashion; Guardsmen wear tight breeches; George IV is Regent. Paul's plan is to marry off his Melanie (small, saucy Yvonne Printemps) to a highborn tripper, thereby assuring himself a pension. The Regent himself asks Melanie to a souper à deux. The choleric Earl of Harringford offers her protection and a house just off Belgrave Square...
...Cabinet. As Chief Regent, pallid Prince Paul had his hands full last week when he opened King Alexander's political testament. The testament was couched in such terms that Prince Paul felt obliged to exact the resignation of Premier Uzunovitch who, of course, was furious...
...hours the Chief Regent tried to find a statesman who could swing this ticklish job. He failed last week and was finally obliged to call back smouldering Uzunovitch. As Premier, Uzunovitch retained pro-French Foreign Minister Bogoljub Jeftitch and acquired a notable War Minister, General Pera Zivkovitch who was Dictator of Jugoslavia from...