Word: royals
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...source of the Queen's ire was a Sunday Mirror report that the couple had secretly spent two evenings alone together aboard the royal train during an official visit by the Prince to the West Country. "A total fabrication!" charged Her Majesty's press secretary, Michael Shea. He demanded a full apology...
MARRIED. Harold Pinter, 50, English playwright (The Homecoming, Betrayal); and Lady Antonia Fraser, 48, socialite and biographer (Mary Queen of Scots, Royal Charles); both for the second time; in London. Lady Antonia has six children from her marriage to Tory M.P. Hugh Fraser; Pinter has one son from his marriage to Actress Vivien Merchant...
Ever since Charles passed 30, an age that he once said would be a good time to marry, speculation has intensified. Britons, obviously, are curious to know who will be their future Queen; they are also concerned that the Prince produce a royal heir. The field is narrowing as eligible girls are married off. Religion also poses a problem in Britain. A constitutional change would be needed before Charles could marry a Catholic, like Princess Marie-Astrid of Luxembourg. The Princess has repeatedly been mentioned as a possible royal match, but quite apart from the religious bar, the two barely...
...that makes Lady Diana a credible bride for Prince Charles is the fact that their families are old friends. The youngest daughter of Earl Spencer, a former equerry to King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, she grew up on her father's estate, which is located on the royal family's 20,000-acre Sandringham property near the Norfolk coast. As it happened, it was the Spencers, and not the royal family, who had the heated swimming pool. Charles, his sister Anne and brothers Andrew and Edward were frequently invited over. The Prince helped Diana learn to swim...
...year, the hottest stocks were in the three areas that hold out the most promise for rapid growth and high profits in the energy-scarce, tension-riddled 1980s: oil, defense and high technology. With petroleum prices once again rising, Exxon shares leaped to an alltime high of $87.75, while Royal Dutch Petroleum, another big gainer, rose to a record $111.50 a share but lost a few points at week's end. Raytheon, a major defense contractor whose stock has nearly doubled in value during the year, closed the week...