Word: regente
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...plebiscite on the constitution-another move that would enable the King to save face. The most probable route for the King's return now seems to be through his sister, Princess Irene, 25, or, less likely, through one of his uncles. The King would appoint the relative as regent-the present lieutenant general who holds that post was carefully designated by the junta as "temporary regent"-then come back himself in two or three months when matters had cooled...
...junta insisted that it would retain the monarchy and appointed as temporary regent Lieut. General George Zoetakis, who was sworn in by Archbishop Leronymos, formerly the chaplain of the royal family and the King's personal confessor. Pictures of the King and Queen, which had been taken down from government offices in the first hours of the countercoup, were put back in their accustomed places. Orthodox priests were ordered to retain the passages about the King and royal family in their Sunday prayers...
...response, the colonels had deprived Constantine of his constitutional powers and named a regent--or viceroy--to replace him as reigning chief of state, according to Athens radio...
...shouted "Javid Shah [Long live the Shah]." When he broke tradition by also crowning Empress Farah, it was the ceremonial affirmation of her importance to his throne. The first woman ever to be crowned in Iran's 2,513-year history as a monarchy, she will become regent, if anything happens to the Shah, until Prince Reza comes of age. It is a possibility that the Shah, who has survived two assassination attempts, knows is very real. "My sole aim in life," he told his subjects at the end of the ceremony, "is the constant improvement of the welfare...
...jacket is made of $98-a-yard pure-gold-threaded fabric originally woven for the ceremonial robes of Tibet's Dalai Lama, who had to flee his throne before he could take delivery. The background rug, Persian but of Indian design, was borrowed from Liberty's of Regent Street, where it was priced...