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Little (7 Ibs. 7 oz.) Fuad, heir not only to the throne of Egypt, but to a private fortune of some $70 million, was promptly created Prince of Upper Egypt, Farouk's own title before he became King. Since Fuad I, crowned in 1923, all children born to the dynasty have been given names beginning with F, which is considered lucky.* The palace decreed a two-day holiday to celebrate his arrival. For every boy born in Egypt on the same day there was a gift of ?15. "I want to do something," said King Farouk, "to express...
Ever since a young nobleman named Gustav Vasa fought his way to the throne in the 16th century and broke with Rome, Sweden has been overwhelmingly Lutheran. For most of that time it has had a Lutheran state church with the kind of brassbound temporal authority that Protestants are often pointing fingers at the Roman Catholics for. The king of Sweden and all his ministers had te be members of the Church of Sweden,* all citizens had to pay taxes for its support, and no one could leave it officially except to join another Christian church. Roman Catholics were forbidden...
Spring never promises anything to anybody. As each waif toddles into his throne room--and about 1,000 do so every day--he whines, "Ohhh, here's an old friend of Santa's!" He asks the tot what he wants for Christmas and, after listening attentively to the list, sends him off with a pat on the head and a cheery exhortation to "Be Good!" I felt this was rather ungenerous, and usually prefer to dismiss a child with, "All right! Santa won't forget you at Christmas!" or some such ambiguous statement...
...bins of the stuff, and suggested that we pass it out free, which I was glad to do. Spang, however, looked at the gum somewhat goggle-eyed and announced, "Well, I'm certainly not going to give it to every Tom, Dick, and Harry!" Several children left Spang's throne-room crying because they weren't given any gum, and this worried Spang to some degree. As of yesterday, he was still struggling to find a solution...
Sweden's Prince Bertil, second in line for the throne and an eligible bachelor of 70 told the magazine Husmodern (Housemother) that he would certainly not follow the example of his two brothers who had married commoners. Said he: "I shall marry one day, but only a princess. I consider this my imperative duty. Of course . . . the choice as automatically very limited...