Word: royale
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Crown Council Question. The position taken by President Cosgrave is that the Irish Free State will not recognize as competent to represent the British Crown any Council not composed exclusively of members of the Royal Family. The presence of such a politician as Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin is, in the Irish Free State view, something not to be endured without the explicit and joint consent of all the British Dominions...
...sincerity Edward of Wales did much to forestall that. The first gesture was his report on the unemployment situation, which he denounced in heartfelt fashion as "A ghastly mess! Worse than I would ever have believed!" His second gesture was to sell his whole string of horses, renounce the Royal sport of foxhunting, and settle down to the business of the Crown...
...President Cosgrave openly. They were faced with a nasty dilemma when occasion arose for the Crown Council to accredit Mr. Michael MacWhite as Irish Free State Minister to the U.S. (TIME, March 25). But they found a weasel way out. Since the Irish were determined to honor none but Royal signatures, the necessary papers were signed by the Duke of York, Queen Mary and Edward of Wales only...
Under the patronage of His Majesty King Albert and His Highness Prince Albert de Ligne, Belgian Ambassador to the U.S., there arrived last week in Manhattan the Symphonic Band of the Royal Belgian Guards, for a three months' tour...
...Belgian Independence is the famed Regiment des Guides, and old as the Regiment des Guides is the Royal Belgian Band which was organized to make its music. During the War the Band, too, served as a fighting unit, won high distinction for bravery...