Word: royalities
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...royals travel in packs: the Queen's entourage numbers about 40, including the Duchess of Grafton, who is the senior lady in waiting; two other ladies in waiting who write polite thank-you notes, answer the telephone and pay for anything Her Majesty might fancy (the Queen never carries money -too unseemly); her private secretary, Sir Philip Moore, who supervises the handling of the Queen's "boxes," which contain state pa pers waiting for the royal cipher; and two Scotland Yard detectives. As for security, ever since the matutinal intruder in her chamber last summer, she sleeps with...
...curtains, the Prince's in a more austere navy style. This ship is not for the frugal: it burns a ton of oil every seven miles. The ship's 26 officers and 254 crewmen all give their orders in stage whispers so as not to disturb the royal repose...
...their five-day cruise from Mexico, the Queen and Prince Philip will be resting up not for such ineffable California experiences as sunset over a traffic jam on the San Diego Freeway, but for a numbing schedule of dinners and plaque dedications. It is not easy being royal, but they can be expected to remain courteous and resolutely interested in the midst of celebrity crush and media uproar...
Next Sunday they will fly from San Diego to Palm Springs to have lunch at the desert estate of former U.S. Ambassador to Britain Walter Annenberg. In San Francisco, they will sip champagne while listening to Tony Bennett (a royal favorite) croon where he left his heart and Mary Martin trill Getting to Know You (which she already does). They will also make a side trip to the Reagan ranch, near Santa Barbara, for barbecue ribs and riding-English-style for the Queen and hopalong Ron, western for Nancy. The Queen and Philip will help the Reagans celebrate their 31st...
...their final weekend, March 5 through 7, the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh will journey "privately" to Yosemite National Park, where the royal entourage will take over the entire Ahwahnee Hotel (121 rooms) and allow photographers only one brief opportunity to take pictures. As they tramp through the woods and gaze at the mountains' majesty, they will finally get the chance to be the plucky and curious British tourists that they really are. -By Richard Stengel. Reported by Mary Cronin with the Queen and Alessandra Stanley/Los Angeles