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Eugenic Pacelli, Pius XII, Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ, Successor of St. Peter, Prince of the Apostles, Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church, Patriarch of the West, Primate of Italy, Archbishop and Metropolitan of the Roman Province, Sovereign of the State of the City of the Vatican, rises punctually at 6:30 every morning. He throws open the window of his bedroom (on the third floor of the Vatican Palace) looking out on St. Peter's Square, and with hands crossed, prays. His is a busy day, so this first prayer is brief. He turns back...
...hours later the dead King's tall (6 ft. 3 in.), 45-year-old brother stood before the civil and military dignitaries of Greece and took the sovereign's oath. The assemblage rumbled: "Zito o Vassileus Pavlos" (Long Live King Paul...
With a Shovel. With sovereign continuity satisfied, the Greek court turned to mourning, and the world to taking a good look at the obscure yachtsman who has ascended the world's most controversial throne. The new King started with advantages over his deceased brother: no taint of supporting the prewar Metaxas dictatorship; a genial, democratic manner; an energetic, intelligent wife...
When the new King says "We," he speaks as a husband, not as a sovereign. Always interested in youth movements, King Paul, as Crown Prince, has long planned a work corps of young Greeks, probably to be called the Volunteer Corps of St. George, to rebuild Greek roads. Last February, as Paul outlined the plan to a TIME correspondent, Frederika interjected: "And of course, my dear, you will go out and set an example with a shovel." "Oh yes," he said, "and we'll get some of our Ministers out there too." And both, who make no secret...
...prince, the Maharaja of Travancore, has already announced his intention of declaring his independence. His Prime Minister, Sir C. P. Ramaswami Aiyar, professed to be scandalized with Nehru's Constituent Assembly resolution declaring that the source of power in sovereign India was the "people." It was well known in Travancore, said Sir C.P., that all powers are derived from the Hindu deity Sri Padmanabha. (Handsome Sir C.P. owes his position in matriarchal Travancore partly to his great administrative ability, partly to the Maharaja's mother, the Dowager Maharani...