Word: royalities
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...pageantry was, in a sense, just business as usual. But last week's peerless one-acter also marked a new spirit in the productions of the Windsors, the royal repertory company that takes the country as its national theater and itself as its subject. Horseplay was on show as much as horsemanship, and high spirits sometimes got the better of high style. Here was the first great spectacle graced with the trendified traditionalism of the second generation, the young royals. Even the Queen forsook her trademark bucket-size handbag for a small clutch that could have been borrowed from Daughter...
...high altar, across from "Fergie's" glamorous mother Susan and her second husband, the Argentine polo ace Hector Barrantes, the final carriage in the procession, the gold-black-and-burgundy Glass Coach, pulled up outside. As trumpets sounded and thousands roared, out stepped the Titian-haired bride, royal in her carriage and radiant in her flowing ivory satin gown and 17 1/2- foot train. By her side stood her proud father, "Major Ron," Prince Charles' polo manager...
...couple went out again into the streets, riding through the brilliant afternoon in an open landau. As the irrepressible Prince William ran toward the carriage, an unusually fleet- footed Queen hurried to retrieve him. Meanwhile, on their joyride, the couple's unlikely chaperone was a gift from the royal family, a four-foot-tall teddy bear. At the back of their carriage, under a home made replica of a satellite dish, was a message that advised, PHONE HOME...
...profiterole actually. The cupid's confection came into play at Ascot last year, when a boisterous Andrew put his arm around Fergie and tried to stuff the cream-filled cake into her mouth. The girl who last week vowed to obey him winged the pastry back at his royal person...
...hole of secret sins. What woman doesn't want to believe she is marrying a star? What man doesn't want to believe he is one? It is love's first innocent deception and the basis for the lies and shattered dreams that often follow. Marriages may begin like royal weddings, but at least for Rachel, life together isn't a happily-ever-after on The Late Show. It's more like Creature Features...