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...caped with ermine hung from her shoulders, its 6-yd. train supported by two page boys. At her left walked her husband, Philip, who foreswore the traditional trappings of a Royal Duke for the dress uniform of a naval commander.* He guided Elizabeth to a spot just before her throne and stepped down one step to the left to his own gilded chair of state. "My Lords," said Elizabeth, "pray be seated." Then, because she was not yet a crowned Queen, Elizabeth repeated her oath of accession and her promise to "secure the Protestant succession...
...four-day national celebration began in Japan as Emperor Hirohito proclaimed his 18-year-old son Akihito of age and heir apparent to the throne. The proclamation was read in a public ceremony attended by Tokyo's diplomatic corps, including General Mark W. Clark and U.S. Ambassador Robert Murphy. Later, in a private ceremony, Akihito received the Prince Imperial's badge of office, a 3-ft. 4-in., 1,000-year-old Samurai sword. Akihito, whose last public appearance before the proclamation was at the National Horse Show, where he won second prize, received his first formal assignment...
...posterity! We are the judgment of men . . . Come to a higher region where a throne awaits thee...
Engaged. Princess Josephine Charlotte, 25, sister of Baudouin, King of the Belgians, eldest child of ex-King Leopold III and the late Queen Astrid; and Grand Duke Jean, 31, heir to the throne of Luxembourg; in Brussels...
Lulu says nothing about his chances for the German throne, and he gives the impression that he is not wasting much effort in that direction. He seems to be following a shrewd piece of advice that was given him one day by a Ford employee at Dearborn: "Louis, my boy," he said, "never forget this. If you keep your [backside] flat on the ground, you cannot fall very...