Word: sovereignity
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Vatican City last week one prelate firmly said: "Etiquette decrees that a Catholic sovereign must kneel to the Pope and kiss his toe." But among Fascisti belief was current that His Holiness will decree a special exemption in favor of Vittorio Emanuele, "King by the Grace of God and the Will of the People...
...Sovereign of the Temporal Dominions of the Holy Roman Church...
...There are those of us here on whom the Sovereign has conferred the most honorable Order of the Bath, the most exalted Order of the Star of India or the most distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George. Tonight I speak of-if I may call it so-the most enviable Order of the Victoria Cross, the most democratic and at the same time the most exclusive of all orders of chivalry. . . . † It is recruited from that very limited circle of men who see what is needed to be done, and do it at once at their...
...King-Emperor himself cannot enter "The City" without the Lord Mayor's permission. Neither can British troops. At any hour of day or night the Lord Mayor may have private audience with George V or access to the Tower of London. His diamond sceptre recalls that London was a sovereign city before England had a Throne. In return for all this glory, to which he is elected for a term of only one year, the Most Worshipful the Lord Mayor is expected to spend three times his salary of $50,000 in banquets, pageants, shows. The new Lord Mayor, round...
...therefore frequently needed by King Alfonso XIII's family. His precious observations of the King he shared with his U. S. confreres. King Alfonso, he recounted, "takes life as it comes and hence he enjoys it to the utmost. . . . I am delighted to tell you that my Sovereign has never been a man of regular habits. He is not so stupid. He has never been a slave to regular diet, regular sleep, regular exercise, or regular anything else. Consequently, at the age of 43, Alfonso is in beautiful health and he has never had a serious illness...