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...Silent, a Calvinist princeling who led Protestant Holland in its bitter war of independence against Catholic Spain, until his death at the hand of a Spanish assassin in 1584. William is revered by the Dutch as the Father of the Fatherland, and his House of Orange has occupied the throne continuously since The Netherlands became a monarchy 150 years ago. To Dutch Protestants, the monarchy's most fiercely loyal subjects, the royal family's motto, "I Will Maintain," is an unspoken, centuries-old pledge to defend their faith against all foes. For many Dutchmen, Franco's Spain...
...Bilbao's Santiago Ybarra, a steel tycoon, who protested: "I have a girl friend"; dashing young Fernando Elza-buru, who had actually visited The Netherlands and met Irene. Or could her fiance be Prince Alfonso de Borbon, a nephew of Don Juan, the pretender to the Spanish throne? Not likely, said Alfonso, as he flew off to an athletic rally in Czechoslovakia...
...Paris, the royal party learned that the government would resign if they went on to Spain. The plane flew home instead. Juliana's unceremonious return led many Dutchmen to believe that the Queen would bow before the wave of hostility against the royal family and abdicate the throne. But Juliana could scarcely step down...
...visiting Princess Irene, 24, a Madrid photographer followed her to a Roman Catholic church, where he watched her receiving Communion-and stumbled on the best-kept secret of the Dutch House of Orange. Sometime last year "after long and deep thinking," Irene, second in line to the throne, had converted to Catholicism. Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard, said a hastily prepared royal communique, "fully backed the freedom of choice by their children," and her right to the throne was not affected. But the first break with Dutch royalty's traditional Protestantism drew volleys in the religiously split country...
...inaugural vehicle of the Lincoln Center repertory company. Thursday the work had its formal opening--which was a crucial test for Miller, a milestone for the Center, and an all-important event for the American theatre in general. After the Fall clearly puts Miller on the vacant throne; he is the most serious artist that native playwriting has seen since O'Neill...