Word: royal
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Expected to join the royal party were Lord and Lady Louis Mountbatten and the King's youngest and favorite brother, the Duke of Kent, with his elegant, dashing Greek wife Marina. In a unique tribute to this pair last week newsorgans of Sydney, Australia urged that if the King can not come to the 1938 celebration of the 150th anniversary of the founding of that Commonwealth, he should send the Duke and Duchess of Kent and they should bring with them Princess Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the Duke and Duchess of York, who may some day be England...
...sisters of King George II of Greece. The Duchess was apparently resolved that these eligible Princesses, Irene and Catherine, shall meet bachelor King Edward on his holiday. In Athens the newsorgan Patris flatly declared that the engagement of His Majesty to one or the other of Their Royal Highnesses "will soon be announced." The Princesses were en route to the idyllic isle of Corfu where King George II was said to anticipate entertaining King Edward...
...chartered royal yacht Nahlin left England for the Adriatic last week with her master Captain Doyle instructed that only after sailing would he be told by the Admiralty House radio from Whitehall in what Balkan port to pick up Edward VIII...
...pudgy fingers of Adolf Hitler one day last week gave a soft, squashy handshake to this array of luncheon guests: His Majesty Tsar Boris III of Bulgaria; Dictator Mussolini's sons Bruno and Vittorio; His Royal Highness Crown Prince Umberto of Italy and his youngest sister Maria; Their Royal Highnesses the Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Sweden...
Reds of the Greek trade unions had declared a 24-hour general strike effective at midnight. Against this the General Confederation of Labor in Greece had declared their formal opposition. The strike was supposed to be in protest against a royal decree under which in Greece arbitration of all labor disputes has now been made compulsory. Just before midnight Premier Metaxas successfully scotched a strike by proclaiming martial law throughout Greece. Parliament was dissolved, the Cabinet omitting to proclaim when elections would take place. Liberals felt that King George had, by signing the necessary papers, made General Metaxas his Dictator...