Word: royalities
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Royal Oak, Mich...
...trip to Britain, and then fly by helicopter to meet with President Sandro Pertini at the Quirinale Palace, built in 1574 as a summer residence for Pope Gregory VIII. At the invitation of Queen Elizabeth, Reagan will be the first U.S. President since Woodrow Wilson to be a royal house guest. Another first will be a televised white-tie dinner for 160 guests in the castle's 185-ft.-long St. George's Hall...
...then came the worst bit," said one royal staffer. Prince Philip, who prides himself on his skill with the reins, had volunteered to drive the First Lady in a carriage. According to the British, one of her aides naively objected: "She couldn't possibly do that. People might say she was trying to be queen." Prince Philip's offer was eventually accepted. The British briskly refused an American request to allow photographs of Mrs. Reagan with the Queen in Her Majesty's private quarters. "No, that is not the way we do it," a royal aide starchily...
There are certain ironies in holding the economics summit at Versailles. The most sumptuous château in France is a monument to royal extravagance. Twice in this century, Versailles has been rescued from near ruin only by generous infusions of American cash...
...character of insatiable sensuality. If this production had a subtitle, it could be By Lust Possessed. Caldwell's gestures are endlessly provocative. Her hands urgently stroke her upper thighs; when she slips to the floor, she writhes orgiastically. True, she has been driven half mad since her royal lover Jason (Mitchell Ryan) cast her off in favor of King Creon's daughter. But she seems to miss past days of glory less than past nights in Jason...