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Celebrating his 16th anniversary as the head of the Spanish government, Dictator Francisco Franco sat on a gilded throne in Madrid's Royal Palace as his ministers, generals, admirals and other high-ranking officers filed before him, bowing. On one side of the throne room 50 envoys, including U.S. Ambassador Lincoln MacVeagh, looked on. After the ceremony, bigwigs and diplomats proceeded to the Church of St. Francis the Great for a thanksgiving ceremony with a Te Deum Mass...
Author Prescott, onetime vice-principal of St. Mary's College at the University of Durham, begins her stitching of events in the year 1509, when Henry VIII mounted the throne. The scene shifts back & forth between Yorkshire and London. The characters and circumstances are those involved in the King's expropriation of church property, and the answering rebellion of the North...
Meanwhile, the future of Margrethe was being considered. The Danish Cabinet has asked Parliament to vote on a constitutional amendment to the rule that succession to the throne goes to male heirs only. If the amendment is adopted, Margrethe will be the next sovereign and the first Danish Queen since Margrethe I, who died in 1412 after a reign of 25 years...
Purpose of Visit: To size up the U.S., which by default is becoming the No. 1 power in the Middle East. Washington, for its part, wants to give young Feisal a favorable and unforgettable impression of the U.S. before he ascends the throne next May and is boxed in by anti-U.S. advisers...
Another Middle East King lost his throne: 43-year-old Talal of Jordan, after a tragic eleven-month reign. Adored by his people, Talal fell victim not to a plot but to schizophrenia, which grew steadily worse despite treatment in Switzerland. This week Jordan's Parliament sorrowfully deposed him. He is succeeded by his son, Crown Prince Hussein, a thin, introspective adolescent. Interesting coincidence : Hussein and his cousin, King Feisal of Iraq, studied at Harrow at the same time, will each rule a Hashemite kingdom at the same time, on reaching 18, next...