Word: royalism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...histories, King George V of Great Britain died of natural causes in 1936. Last week the - biographer of Lord Dawson, who was the King's doctor, disclosed that the monarch was actually put to death by lethal injections of morphine and cocaine, administered as he lay dying at the royal residence of Sandringham. Dawson's notes say the King's death was induced not only to ease his pain but to enable the news to make the morning papers, "rather than the less appropriate evening journals...
When it comes to keeping cool in public, Prince Charles and Diana have few rivals. But even the royal couple found themselves wilting a bit last week as they began a ten-day tour of Oman, Qatar, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia in 92 degrees heat. "It's a sudden shock, arriving after a long flight coming from the English winter," confessed the perspiring Prince. Diana, for her part, was kept in the shade, both physically and socially, reflecting the local tradition of keeping men and women separate. During a visit with the Omani Women's Association, the Princess witnessed...
Dean enjoys speed. After he had finished skating in Sarajevo, he persuaded the British bobsled team to spin him down the hairpins with them. In England he races a Porsche, and once he hitched a ride in a jet fighter, looping the loops with the Red Arrows, the Royal Air Force's aerial-acrobatics team...
Between the inner and outer stone walls of the Forbidden City in Beijing, China, stand the barracks that housed the emperor's army for five centuries. Since the conversion of the royal family's palace into a public site, however, museum employees, not soldiers live here. For eight years, Wu Hung, now a tutor in the Fine Arts department, lived between these walls as a curator for the Palace Museum...
...wife's giggles, pronounced he was "absolutely delighted." Fergie also received kudos over the radio from her brother-in-law Prince Charles, who was at the base to try out a new plane. Andy, of course, is already a war-seasoned helicopter pilot. No wonder they call it the Royal Air Force...