Word: royalities
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...impressed that in 1976 she made him an honorary knight. That odd affinity between the prim and discreet Queen and the rough-hewn millionaire partly explains why she accepted his invitation to join him for lunch last week at his desert estate near Palm Springs. Another probable reason was royal curiosity about the estate itself. "So many members of her family and friends have visited Sunnylands and told her so much about it," Annenberg explained...
Annenberg's wealth does not seem entirely inconsequential to his unusual relationship with the Queen. In his 5½ years as ambassador, he contributed lavishly to favored royal causes like the restoration of St. Paul's Cathedral. He also published, and sold at cost, a luxurious volume on Westminster Abbey...
Still, the Queen of England and the king of the Palm Springs desert would seem to have so little in common that even a member of the royal entourage seemed puzzled. Said he: "There are other ways the Queen could have spent her Sunday. One must assume some element of friendship between the two." Annenberg is reluctant to discuss their relationship. "One has to be terribly careful," he said last week, "or the iron curtain will fall around you just like that...
...with OPEC to avoid a price war. Further price cuts could, after all, drain revenues from the sagging British economy. But any agreement to limit production would go against Thatcher's staunch free-market philosophy, and would also violate contracts that give private companies, including British Petroleum and Royal Dutch/Shell, the right to pump North Sea crude...
...bullocks, 60 members of India's 61st cavalry and Amy Irving? (No fair peeking.) It's The Far Pavilions, a six-hour cable-TV mini-series now filming in Jaipur, India. Irving, 29, says that her role as an Indian princess has inspired in her "a royal feeling. I notice that my posture has improved." She has also honed her horseback riding. "Now," says Irving, "I can walk like a princess and ride a horse like a cowboy." Much better that than riding like a princess and walking like a cowboy...