Word: royalities
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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BRITISH OPEN GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP (ABC, 10:30 to noon). The final round of the 96th British Open, live via satellite from the Royal Liverpool Golf Club at Hoylake, with everyone gunning for Defending Champion-and U.S. Open Kingpin-Jack Nicklaus...
...year. The house got so cold one winter, he recalls, that his little sister died of pneumonia. The money once ran so low that his mother had to sell his bicycle in order to pay the bills. His fortunes have since improved. In addition to the three royal residences assigned him, he now has a villa at Aqaba. His real home, however, is a modest converted farmhouse in a suburb of Amman, where he lives with his second wife, Princess Muna (nee Toni Gardiner), a British army officer's daughter whom he married in 1961 after divorcing his first...
...Royal routine bores him. He receives visitors informally, talks easily and frankly. But he would rather be out of the palace, is constantly showing up to inaugurate schools and factories in towns all over Jordan. He often cruises around Amman alone in his Mercedes, waving at people, feeling the air, occasionally stopping to chat. In his early days, he delighted in disguising himself as a taxi driver, hacking around Amman at night to find out what people really thought of the King. He doesn't have to ask today...
Strength in Union. For most of them, the high spot was last week's royal visit from Elizabeth of England, who is also, by virtue of the country's Commonwealth status, Queen of Canada. Accompanied by Prince Philip, Elizabeth was given a thunderous reception in the English-speaking capital of Ottawa. The Queen reciprocated by telling the Canadian Parliament that the growing strength of its union "has given increasing power and authority to Canada's voice in world affairs...
...advocate formation of an independent republic. Diplomatically, Elizabeth and Philip did not set foot in Quebec during their six-day visit. Rather than travel through largely French-speaking Montreal, their plans called for them to reach the Expo 67 islands by sailing down the St. Lawrence River in their royal yacht...