Word: thrones
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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George V, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India, rode in state down the Strand last week to the just-finished pile of India House on Aldwych, passed smiling between lines of gold-braided officialdom, mounted the Throne of India guarded by four gigantic Indian Orderlies in red and black, and faced his own specially designed gold and silver microphone...
...Although Rumania is anxious to maintain the most cordial relations with Hungary, any attempt to place Otto on the throne would be considered a breach of treaties and international agreements to which Rumania is a party...
Plainly the two statesmen were on each other's nerves. The Count's visit to England is reputedly to convince James Ramsay MacDonald that the legitimate heir to the throne of Hungary, famed Archduke Otto ("Little Otto") of Habsburg must and should be restored when he reaches his majority next...
Instantly changing his plans without informing his mother, Carol flew to his throne. Marie, poor dowager, when told as her train reached Vienna of his triumph, was almost prostrated, made confused and contradictory statements, took refuge at Oberammergau from the storm of events...
...return of Carol to the throne of Rumania is sure to affect more than the internal situation in that country. The new king, while something of an enigma to political students, is known to have very definite ideas about international affairs. The exact nature or import of these ideas is a question which will occupy the attention of more than one European foreign secretary until such time as some actual portents are visible...