Word: royals
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Jurors also questioned the methods apparently used to extract confessions from the defendants. Gwynfor Owen, 22, a Royal Air Force senior aircraftsman, told his parents that he admitted to espionage only after being informed that they too would be arrested. Christopher Payne, 26, another R.A.F. defendant, claimed that he was denied use of the bathroom for twelve hours at a time and made to shave three or four times a day until his face bled. The Thatcher government has promised an independent inquiry into the interrogations. But there was no escaping the conclusion that after many embarrassments over porousness...
...away along with that sweepstakes offer or wedged inside the Sears catalog. Perhaps you just didn't notice it, what with all the bills and such. Just in case: it probably had engraved lettering on white kid stationery and the words "On the occasion of the visit of Their Royal Highnesses, the Prince and Princess of Wales." No? Well, perhaps it hasn't arrived; such things do happen. You might want to call the White House to see if the invitation was misplaced, or try the National Gallery of Art to verify whether you are on the guest list...
...real show is the one everyone will be able to watch: the royal vaudeville, with the tireless duo dashing on- and offstage, making dozens of costume changes, playing all the roles themselves, and shadowing forth what their life is like behind the curtain. For the audience, there is the added spectacle of normally snooty folks falling all over themselves to meet the royal performers...
...advises Charles on community planning, had told the press that the Prince was deeply concerned about urban and racial unrest and did not want to succeed to the throne of a divided Britain. It came out that the Prince, who has recently been depicted as something of a royal layabout, has actually been making clandestine visits to the homeless of London and seeking advice on how to remedy inner-city decay. Critics of the government applauded, while Conservatives gave indignant speeches protesting what they saw as a breach of the taboo against royalty dabbling in politics...
...Australian trip revealed the couple's considerable public relations skills, and turned into a showcase for their uninhibited style of royal excursion. With her nimble spontaneity, Diana is invigorating the staid ritual of the walkabout, the traditional version of which presents a gloved and hatted royal frowning to show interest as a dusty foreman laboriously explains how a widget is manufactured. Touring an aluminum smelter in the city of Portland, Diana could not stop giggling at the sight of Charles wearing a too small hard hat and protective goggles; with his Clark Gable ears, he looked rather like a Volkswagen...