Word: royall
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Opened in London, last week, but not yet patronized by the Royal Family, was a "Public Inhalatorium." Poor persons with colds may pay tuppence (4¢) to sit in a large chamber inhaling beneficial gases. Individuals of the middle classes will doubtless choose to pay two shillings (48¢) for a booth in which they may sniff privately...
...Lady Anne Maud Wellesley, 18-year-old daughter of the Marquis of Douro, and rumored fiancée of Edward of Wales (TIME, Dec. 10), suffered a relapse of her prolonged pneumonia last week. During His Royal Highness' recent tour of British Africa, he received radio bulletins in code concerning Lady Anne's condition...
Five minutes after the arrival of His Majesty at Kandahar the royal standard was broken out from the Palace staff, exactly as if nothing had happened. Next day an airplane, heavy laden, arrived at Kandahar from Kabul via Peshawar, British India; and out slumped Big Brother Inayatullah. For him were flown no royal standards. Therefore the double abdication of last week appeared as nothing more than a successful double cross to outwit Bandit Bacha Sakao, and permit King Amanullah to stage a coup d' escape...
...dictature set up in Jugoslavia last fortnight by King Alexander and General Petar Zivkovitch, Commander of the Royal Guards (TIME, Jan. 14) assumed, last week, the powers of Absolutism, if not Despotism...
...King is the Bearer of All Authority." declared a new Royal decree. "The King issues and promulgates all laws, appoints and dismisses all officials, commands the Army and Navy, declares war, concludes peace and pardons whomever and whenever he wishes...