Word: royalism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...said Feisal, as he himself took over in King Saud's name the direction of defense, finance and foreign affairs. He called off ill-judged Saudi forays into Arab politics, decreed a system of ministerial responsibility in the desert realm. Preparing the first real Saudi budget, Feisal pruned royal spending (not a single Cadillac was imported into Saudi Arabia in the first six months of this year), strengthened the riyal from 6.5 to less than 5 to the dollar, and re-established Saudi financial balance...
Going Through Money. But as the royal fortunes began to mend, King Saud, 57, began to go back to his spending ways and his authoritarian habits. The palace noted that Feisal's new budget made inadequate provision for paying off retainers (and creditors), began denouncing Feisal as a penny pincher. King Saud himself took off on a tour among the desert sheiks, paying out blood money (sums Arabs owe for hurting, killing or maiming one another), passing out bank notes in the grand manner. This brought him squarely into conflict with Crown Prince Feisal, who is trying to substitute...
Going Through Channels. Once again a royal family council had to be called. Princes warned Feisal that, if he quit, the younger brothers might depose or kill the King, and told King Saud that civil war and bankruptcy might ruin the land if Feisal stepped down. By last week, after hours of debate, the council had patched together a compromise: the King approved Feisal's budget and Feisal assumed responsibility for the King's debts; Editor al Jasir was freed from jail, and the King conceded the importance of going through channels. Thus Saudi Arabia, still very much...
Preparing for family summer travel, Britain's royal family sets a royal standard. Last week, on the eve of the farthest-ranging tour of Canada (44 days, 100 cities and towns, 15,000 miles) ever undertaken by a reigning monarch, Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip read plentifully about the personalities and places they will visit. The baggage was mostly packed and at sea aboard the royal yacht Britannia, and all that was left was to kiss the children goodbye. As part of a last weekend at home, Elizabeth rode out on her horse Imp to salute the Household Guards...
Joining other senior Royal Air Force brass in a submachine-gun target match, Britain's sporting Chief of Air Staff Sir Dermot Boyle sprayed much lead to little avail, wound up 21st in an eagle-eyed field of 22 officers. He took his crushing defeat stoically: "Either I'm a very bad shot or there's a great deal of insubordination in the air force...