Word: royalities
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...domineering Mohammed al Fayed was, says Dodi's friend,"someone who tells you whom you can hang out with, what you can do and not do." Even if the elder Fayed had ordered his son to squire the princess around, the younger Fayed saw the rebel royal as a way out from under his father's thumb. "Dodi," says his friend, "started finding his legs." And on that Saturday night, it seemed as if an engagement was almost certain, even though, as the French police now say, the fabled Repossi diamond ring was never found...
During the preparations for Diana's funeral, when the nation demanded strong direction, the mediagenic Blair stepped in. His public footing was sure, indelibly linking the citizenry with the royals in the phrase people's princess. In the days before the funeral, he spoke out in defense of the royal family, calling criticism of it "unfair." He also worked unobtrusively inside the palace to bolster Charles, consulting several times with him to help devise a more populist event. The Blair forces suggested and implemented the loudspeaker system that allowed people on London's streets to hear the service inside Westminster...
Whether or not Earl Spencer's speech ends up as a watershed moment in the history of the royal family's relationship to the people of Britain, it should, many hope, mark a profound personal turning point in the life of a man who at 33 has often conducted himself with an embarrassing lack of gravitas. Although he received good grades as a student at Eton and then at Oxford University, he was dubbed "Champagne Charlie" by the press for his partying ways. In 1989, at 25, Spencer became engaged to Victoria Lockwood, a fashion model whom he had known...
Buckingham Palace is denying allegations of a royal row over Diana's death (People Daily), while bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones has regained consciousness and is apparently able to talk (Reuters) ... In Northern Ireland, a mystery bomb is a setback for peace talks (TIME Daily) ... Congress is considering a proposal that would have business executives audit the IRS (TIME Daily) ... William Weld is keeping a low profile in the wake of quitting his battle with Senator Jesse Helms (TIME Daily), just as the country he wanted to be ambassador to, Mexico, is praised for its drug-fighting efforts (Reuters) ... Steve Jobs...
...Jebel Barkal, Kendall hopes to shed new light on the symbiotic relationship of Nubian and Egyptian civilizations. The first temples there were constructed between 1460 B.C. and 1200 B.C., during the relatively brief period when Egypt ruled Nubia. Kendall believes the Egyptians chose this particular craggy hill for a royal sanctuary because, when seen from a distance, Jebel Barkal's silhouette resembles, even today, a crown adorned with a cobra, which is a symbol of royal power. The Egyptians believed Jebel Barkal to be a prime residence of the god Amun, the bestower of royal authority--a notion that...