Word: rulers
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Queen Unaware. "The King is dead; long live the Queen," stated thus traditionally with hardly a pause, is no mere paradox. It encompasses a principle close to the essence of British monarchy; that the realm is never, even for an instant, without a ruler. Britain's new Queen, the sixth woman to rule over England, became sovereign without even knowing it. With Philip, her staff and their game-hunting hosts, she was spending the night in a tree hut in Kenya's Royal Aberdare Game Reserve, watching big game gather at a jungle waterhole...
...Premier Duke of the realm, and a Roman Catholic. *Her father took the oath as ruler of "Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions Beyond the Seas, King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India." Gone now are references to "Ireland, Dominions and Empire." The Republic of India recognizes Elizabeth as head of the Commonwealth, but not as Queen. * The sun has set an hour late at Sandringham ever since the reign of George V, who had the clocks set forward to provide more time for shooting. The new Queen decided that she would preserve the custom. † The Queen...
Mary II (1689-1694), daughter of James II, three-quarters of a century later acknowledged Parliament as the real ruler of England, thereby dissolving a long quarrel which had drained England's strength and postponed its power. Already first lady of The Netherlands when called to England's throne, Mary agreed to cross the Channel only if her husband, Stadholder William III of The Netherlands, could be coruler. Together, the two assumed kingship, making Mary the only feminine King in English history. Actually, Mary, a dutiful, intelligent woman who added a touch of respectability to a loose...
From his eight years in the Far East came a whole shelf of books ranging from an anthology of Chinese poetry (The White Pony] to a biography, Mao Tse-tung: Ruler of Red China. At least one well-informed reviewer attacked the Mao book for its disdain of humdrum fact. Wrote scholarly Dr. Hu Shih, onetime Chinese Ambassador to the U.S.: "Empty padding . . . falsified history." Such adverse judgments are among the hazards a one-man writing factory runs. Payne works admittedly from what is at hand in public libraries, has an uncommon knack for converting a shelf of books...
...London rubber firm, his plantation manager and nine policemen who were in his heavily guarded escort were ambushed and killed. Same day the Communists sabotaged the Singapore train 20 miles from Kuala Lumpur, killed five passengers and injured 20. Aboard the train was the Yang di-Pertuan Besar, Malayan ruler of Negri Sembilan. Said His Highness: "It was a terrifying experience." Loyal Negri Sembilan Malays, hitherto neutral, began honing their parangs (long knives) for anti-Communist action. The planters, under a new British general, Sir Robert Lockhart, are punching hard at the Communists. British score (since Oct. 1): 131 Reds...