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...CHAMADE, by Françoise Sagan. Another dissection of the anatomy of a love affair written crisply and economically by the heiress to Colette's throne...
...first time to the question that has plagued Spain ever since the civil war: What will happen when Franco dies? As before, his regime will have to choose between a king (most probably Don Juan de Borbón y Battenberg, 53, the liberal-minded pretender to the Spanish throne) and a regent (favored by antimonarchists as a device to turn Spain into a republic). But the new constitution provides some guarantee that the death of Franco, who until now has been virtually the sole and single source of full power, will not create such chaos that no choice...
...emergency meeting in Cairo, the Arab League's Defense Council once again demanded that Hussein bolster his border defenses with troops from neighboring Arab countries; and once again, the little King refused, realizing that such troops would be a potential fifth column that could bring down his throne. That was small consolation to the angry, anxious Palestinian refugees who live close to the frontier with Israel. They demand protection from Israeli attack, and they do not care who supplies it. If the King will not, many of them are in a mood to turn to another ruler who will...
...Prince Charles, 18, seems to be ready for more intensive book learning. Next fall the prince will enter Trinity College, Cambridge, the alma mater of his grandfather George VI, to read history and related subjects. After a couple of years of that contemplative life, the heir to the throne will sign up for a tour of duty in one of the realm's military services...
...Charles should go to a university or not. Most people nowadays seem to prefer an educated monarch, but some feel that too much learning is dangerous for a ruler whose job, after all, is not to rule. Recalling that Elizabeth II was poorly educated when she came to the throne, Journalist Iain Hamilton observes: "She was good on a horse, though; and we have Ben Jonson's word for it that princes learn no art truly but the art of horsemanship." As for Charles, it would be wrong to encourage him to be "an 'ordinary' upper-class...