Word: throned
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...murder her paramour. Obligingly, Jung Bahadur helped her kill 55 nobles and 500 lesser folk. The Queen was so pleased that she made Jung Bahadur Prime Minister. He knew what to do next. Two months later he exiled the King and Queen, and put their minor son on the throne at Kathmandu...
Special Delivery. The present King, Sri Sri Sri Sri Sri Tribhubana Bir Bikram Jung Bahadur Shah Bahadur Shum Shere Jung Deva, came to the throne in.ign when he was five. Little is known of him except that he is said to be able to ride two horses at the same time, one foot on each. Also, he married two sisters on the same...
...Sweden's new King Gustaf VI took the royal oath, announced that his personal motto would be "Duty Above All," with Queen Louise acknowledged the cheers of his subjects. Then the King picked up his tired little grandson, Crown Prince Carl, 4, heir apparent to Sweden's throne, and carried him off to the quiet of his palace room...
...Throne Room. John Hartford moves at a pace that would exhaust younger men. In good weather he walks the 18 blocks from his weekday suite at the Plaza Hotel to mid-Manhattan's Graybar Building, throne room of A & P's vast empire. At 9:30 sharp he strides through one of Ralph Burger's offices, turns right into his own thickly draped, richly paneled office. At 11:05 a.m., Mr. George arrives. Not till both are in can any important matter be settled. Since they share equal power in A & P's affairs, both must...
Died. His Majesty King Gustaf V of the Swedes, the Goths, and the Wends, 92; at Drottningholm Palace near Stockholm. King Gustaf succeeded to the throne in 1907, held it longer than any other monarch in Sweden's history. He reigned through a gradual revolution which moved Sweden far down the socialistic Middle Way, adjusted with grace and dignity to being a king in an egalitarian democracy. Considered aloof while Crown Prince, he eventually acquired the common touch, became one of the most popular sovereigns in history. But through his genial manner glinted a regal metal that reminded...