Word: royale
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Edward of Wales and his brother, Henry, Duke of Gloucester, were greeted in Kenya, East Africa, last week by naked painted savages who welcomed the royal "goodwill" visitors with brandishing of spears, and ululation. Other natives donned "store clothes" and sang "God Save the King" impressively but nearly unrecognizably...
...Royal entertainments were a midnight hunt for "wildebeest,f and golf games. Observers noted that Edward of Wales, not a proficient or enthusiastic golfer, has been trying to improve his game. He now wears a stiff-brimmed hat for driving and putting, a floppy hat for traveling the course...
...royal jaw is now convalescent, having been operated upon by Dr. George E. Reeves, sole U. S. dentist in Jugoslavia...
Delegates representing His Majesty's least devoted and most unsympathetic subjects, in Dalmatia and Croatia, met at Zagreb, last week, declared themselves to be an independent Parliament, and announced that Croatia-Dalmatia will hereafter conduct its internal affairs without regard to the Royal Government at Belgrade, while allowing the Crown to represent Croatia-Dalmatia in foreign affairs...
...course the Royal Government will continue to deny Croatia-Dalmatia any such status de jure, but every year these two irrepressibly self-reliant provinces approach nearer to a de facto "dominion status." At present Croats and Dalmatians haughtily refuse to elect representatives of themselves in the Royal Parliament at Belgrade...