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This typical French family is scarcely prepared for the brouhaha and hurluberlu that follow Pippin's elevation to the throne. There is the grand opening of the "Versailles-Hilton" hotel; the Folies-Bergere holds a contest for the official post of "King's Mistress"; and visiting royalty floods the capital ("Ava Gardner and H.S.H. Kelly are in residence"). Two hundred nobles come out of the woodwork and descend on Versailles, all set to eat Pippin out of house and palace. His daughter's American suitor proposes to merchandise the impoverished monarchy ("The Dukedom of Dallas...
...came, in October 1952, when dim-eyed old Dan Tobin could no longer forestall Beck's rise to the throne. Tobin himself placed Beck in nomination for the Teamsters' presidency with a soaring declaration: "There is not the slightest stain on his character. His conscience, I am sure, shines brilliantly in the eyes...
...themselves, the French want no kings ruling over them. The last Emperor of France was tossed off the throne 86 years ago. Today unthroned royalty from other lands are a franc a dozen in the haunts of Paris' international set. The businesslike, democratic sovereigns of northern Europe frequently turn up in town without causing a ripple. But Parisians in all walks of life have been in a dither for weeks over next week's visit of Britain's Queen Elizabeth. Day laborers and priestesses of haute couture, florists and jewelers, architects and restaurateurs, waiters and street sweepers...
That afternoon, to savor the exotic culture of the back-country people, the Nixons drove 20 miles from Accra to the hill town of Aburi. The colorfully dressed tribesmen assigned Nixon a mahogany throne. Pat, dandling a native infant on her knee, sat beside him on a smaller throne, watching as the tribal drums thrummed and the natives danced their age-old rituals...
...title will settle that argument, but it will not give Philip a place in the line of succession to the throne or change his protocol rank. As official "First Gentleman of the Realm," Philip takes his place immediately behind the Queen when she is with him, and leads the procession when he is her official representative. But as the most recently created royal duke, prince or not prince, he will continue to rank 30th in line of precedence (behind Britain's two archbishops, all the other members of the royal family and all Britain's dukes) at other...