Word: royalities
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...Queen Elizabeth's fifth visit to the U.S., relations between the British royal family and London's tabloid press were showing signs of strain, as this week's cover story, written by Contributor John Skow, attests. By contrast, the British monarchy has enjoyed a favorable press in the U.S. ever since 1860, when Prince Edward, Queen Victoria's eldest son, visited the nation that had repudiated his family's rule. Edward's great-granddaughter Elizabeth and great-great-grandson Charles seem to have inherited his ability to evoke the admiration of Americans. Those with...
Correspondent Mary Cronin did her first serious royal-watching 20 months ago, when she covered the wedding of the Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer. It was elegant theater, and Cronin's four years as TIME'S New York-based Show Business correspondent qualified her to appreciate the performance. Later that year she followed the young royal couple's first official tour, to Wales. Says Cronin of that road show: "It gave me a hint of the energy and persistence one needs to gather information on a royal family preserving the aura of the kings...
...been put on general alert, and large army units have been deployed along the Libya-Sudan border. Nonetheless, Gaddafi's meddling seems tireless. Only four weeks ago, the Saudi government executed three officers who were accused of conspiring with Libyan agents to try to overthrow the Saudi royal family. Nobody can tell how and when, if at all, Gaddafi-prompted tremors will erupt. But Reagan's reference to "Libya's attempts to destabilize its neighbors" can be disputed...
...such amiably meant awkwardness, however, could spoil the monthlong royal road show that began last week in Jamaica and proceeded to the Cayman Islands, to Mexico, and on toward the wilds of California (see following story). Queen Elizabeth II is nearly unflappable as star and stage manager of the Windsor family troupe, and her husband Prince Philip, though he sometimes indulges in grumpy asides, has a useful comic gift and a scene-saving knack for improvisation. (Jamaicans last week admiringly recalled an occasion during the royal couple's 1975 visit when one profoundly confused male official approached the Queen...
...welcome the good notices will be. The fact is that those at home have caused great consternation in recent weeks. And what seems most surprising is that much of the press rancor has lashed about the lovely head of the nation's new royal sweetheart, the Princess of Wales. Fleet Street's raucous tabloids, whose scuffling reporters and photographers first caught and transmitted the "Shy Di" craze, now clearly believe that the Princess is the creation and rightful property of the press. The newspapers praise or torment her according to their own royal whims, and rage when she balks...