Word: sarawak
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Divorced. Elizabeth Brooke ("Princess Pearl"), 33, second daughter of Sir Charles Vyner Brooke, former Raja of Sarawak (he ceded his 50,000-square-mile territory to Great Britain seven months ago); by Harry ("Little Hotcha Muchacha") Roy, 46, pint-sized British bandleader (he composed their wedding march, Sarawaki); after twelve years of marriage, two children ; in London...
Leonora Margaret, 35-year-old dowager Countess of Inchcape (newspaper nickname: "Princess Gold") and eldest of the abdicating Raja of Sarawak's three marrying daughters,* prepared to marry a 49-year-old divorced Vermonter in London (and incidentally forfeit a $12,000 widow's annuity). The groom-to-be: plump Colonel Francis P. Tompkins, lifetime Army man, pre-D-day Counter-intelligence planning chief...
...where he has to get on his knees to blow up the fire. The Ranee was in London, celebrating at Giro's with their three pretty daughters. In the House of Commons came an announcement. Ailing, 71 -year-old Sir Charles Vyner Brooke had decided to cede his Sarawak state to Great Britain for one million pounds...
...scoffed at Tory demands in Parliament that the Sarawak State Council pass on her husband's proposal. "Poor darlings, don't they understand? The Sarawak people agree to anything the Raja wants. It's just a case of a few leading ones squatting on the verandah and saying, 'Yes, Raja!' But they don't like Anthony Brooke-he's got a power complex. If he wants a game of golf, he phones the police to have the road cleared for his car. If we want a game, we walk...
...Raja tried to close the issue raised by the Tories with a letter to the London Times. "All is peace in Sarawak," he pontificated. "The natives have confidence in myself and my private secretary...