Word: royal
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...until after King George V came to the Throne had Westminster Abbey, sacred "Valhalla of the Empire," been used over a period of six centuries for such joyous occasions as a Royal Marriage. A bridesmaid at the wedding of Princess Mary, only daughter of King George & Queen Mary, was wholesome and attractive young Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, today Queen Elizabeth. When the present King George VI presently sought his sister's bridesmaid's hand, she made no secret of her Scottish impression that he had been sent. She unaffectedly told His Royal Highness that she could...
...name the King is a paid subscriber to Cavalcade, the British newsmagazine most candid in reporting the Royal family. In the eyes of good middle-class people like Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Baldwin this magazine is "most vulgar." Recently a close friend of George VI rang up the editor, suggesting a denial be printed of rumors circulating on the Stock Exchange that another mild epileptic "falling fit" had been suffered by His Majesty. This denial, since it came virtually from the honest King-Emperor himself, could be accepted as the nearest thing possible to the lowdown on a matter of utmost...
...during a White air raid on Valencia that a Red anti-aircraft shell landed squarely on the quarterdeck of the British battleship Royal Oak, injuring four officers and a seaman. Not wishing to stir up pro-Valencian British Laborites, the British Admiralty made light of the whole affair. Declared an Admiralty official: "We might reproach the Loyalists for the awkward aiming of an anti-aircraft shell, but there is no question of malice. It was more or less...
...last week the issue had developed into a Parliamentary campaign. Among those urging the Government to impose some sort of censorship were a large number of M.P.'s who feel that the Government, under the excuse of throttling ghoulishness, can control "indiscreet"' news about the Royal Family and other public figures...
Donna Elsa stopped writing, content to help order Respighi's career. She stood proudly by when, in 1932, he put on his academic robe and became a member of Italy's Royal Academy (see cut). On their four U. S. tours she sang little beside his songs. In "The Pines," their villa high on the outskirts of Rome, she was first to sing his new compositions. Now she will write again to raise money for a music foundation in Respighi's memory...