Word: royalities
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...first man-o'-war of England's fledgling Royal Navy and a special source of pride to Henry VIII, founding genius of that noble institution. In 1509, Bluff King Hal named the 130-ft., 700-ton, four-masted carrack, which became the vice flagship of his royal fleet, Mary Rose, after his favorite sister. But on July 19, 1545, the willful monarch looked on appalled at Southsea Castle, near the historic naval town of Portsmouth, as the top-heavy Mary Rose capsized and sank in 40 ft. of water while repelling the attack of a French armada...
...supposedly) that royalty really can be useful in a pinch. The local tabloids weren't being particularly attentive either. Although the British turned out in the thousands to welcome home the Carrier Invincible (Andrew's station), the press has lavished considerably more attention on the newest member of the royal family, little William. And the handsome Andrew, who enjoys dropping in unexpectedly at racy London hot-spots and dating voluptuous celebrities (including last year's Miss United Kingdom), is nothing if not just a little bit fond of the press...
...currently third in line for the throne, will persist in behaving like a spoiled and naughty playboy (he didn't have to choose a porn star) it should be his own affair. After all, what else does he have to do? The war is over. His responsibilities in the royal family are purely ceremonial: the burden of acting as an upstanding example for the British public falls mainly on his parents' and brother's shoulders...
Seldom is there a quiet moment in the clan of Windsor, whose comings and goings never cease to delight the subjects of their tiny sceptered isle. But last week's escapade was a doozy by any royal standard. Within days after Prince Andrew's celebrated return from his tour of duty in the Falklands aboard the carrier Invincible, he plans a well-deserved rest. Ah, but not alone. Andrew, 22, and a winsome lass named Koo Stark, 25, head off for the Caribbean island of Mustique and the house once used as a trysting hideaway by Princess Margaret...
...lyricist, so to speak. Even if Eliot was playfully doodling for his godchildren and friends in his 1939 Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, he remains a god in the pantheon of 20th century poets. Cats Director Trevor Nunn and Designer-Cos-tumer John Napier, of the Royal Shakespeare Company, took Broadway's breath away last season with their monumental Nicholas Nickleby. And at age 34, Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber has achieved the unprecedented feat of having three musicals playing simultaneously in London (Evita, Cats and Song & Dance) and New York (Evita, Cats and Joseph...