Word: throned
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...their ten-bedroom London abode, Constantine, 37, is often in Jordan or off traveling around the world with Hussein. The two kings visited Florida's Sea World during a trip to the U.S. last May. While in Amman, where Hussein, 41, is celebrating his 25th year on the throne, they enjoyed one of their favorite royal pastimes: practicing at Hussein's private shooting range-and laying bets on the outcome. So far, they are at a draw, but Constantine is rounding into top form. During one match, he pumped six rounds into the bull's-eye, which...
...unprincess-like howl. German-born Queen Silvia, 33, is breast-feeding her daughter and hopes, she says, to give Victoria "as natural a childhood as possible." Meanwhile, members of Sweden's Parliament are preparing a recommendation that the constitution be changed to allow a female succession to the throne. Prime Minister Thorbjorn Falldin is also speaking out for the change. His sentiment: "Monarchy for both sexes...
Some observers say Christina seems to be wearying of it all and that Anderson, highly regarded in the industry, will become the real power behind the throne. But Onassis staffers insist that Christina means to stay in charge. She presides at management meetings hi Monte Carlo and often visits Onassis offices in London, Athens and Manhattan. Says Constantino Gratsos, 75, elder statesman of the Onassis enterprises: "Not a single decision of substance gets by without Christina's approval...
...wife of Rumania's ex-King Carol; in Estoril, Portugal. Daughter of a Jewish pharmacist, Lupescu, a divorcee, met the already married Prince Carol in 1924 and became his highly publicized mistress. When Carol's father ordered her out of the country, Carol left too, renouncing the throne. He came back as King in 1930, and Magda soon joined him, reviled as the "Jewish Pompadour" in the increasingly anti-Semitic climate. Under pressure from the Nazis, the couple fled Rumania in 1940, moving first to Mexico and then to Brazil, where Carol married her in 1947. After Carol...
...Technically, the Jubilee should have been celebrated on Feb. 6, the date on which she ascended the throne following the death of her father George VI. But Buckingham Palace decided that the country, to say nothing of tourists, would enjoy the festivities more in June than during the chill of an English winter...