Word: royall
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...William Montgomery McGovern, a distinguished English explorer, a member of the Royal Geographical and Royal Asiatic Societies, will deliver an illustrated lecture in the Living Room of the Harvard Union at 7.30 o'clock tonight, telling of his adventures on his trip to Lhasa, the forbidden city of Tibet...
...Tadcaster, Yorkshire, one John Short, venerable huntsman, dipped his fingers in the blood of a fresh killed fox and smeared therewith the eager face of a Royal and Imperial lad of four...
Well limbed. His Imperial Highness stands 5 ft. 7 in. in his stockings. His complexion is a light olive tan. His features are regular, his eyes dark, level and un-slanting. He has climbed more mountain peaks than any other Alpinist of royal or imperial blood. He is an all 'round sportsman with a keen interest in baseball. His attire, when he landed from the Majestic, was faultless to the point of being inconspicuous: a derby hat, black coat, black suit, black tie and a correct white mourning shirt with narrow black stripes. Yet neither shopgirls nor stenographers yearned...
...means vexed, Prince Chichibu continued equably to Washington and was welcomed by Secretary Kellogg. Next day the President returned and received His Royal Highness for ten minutes at the White House. Soon Prince Chichibu departed for Chicago, where he rode about the city for two hours between trains. Then, dutiful, he sped on to San Francisco to take ship for Japan...
...succession to the throne, was Parliament's increase of my civil list, or yearly stipend from $140,000 to $200,000.*; My five-year-old grandson, Crown Prince Michel, had his allowance increased to $30,000. At the same time $175,000 was appropriated for restoration of the royal palace wing that was recently burned. Commentators said I would find my increased funds useful for doctor's bills and for certain expenses of what my wife, Queen Marie, calls her 'dream' tour...