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...past 50 years, five potential heirs have dropped out of the succession for the crown of Sweden (usually by marrying commoners). The Kingdom of the Goths and the Wends has scarcely felt their defection. For 41 years the same comfortable King* has sat on Sweden's throne, the same scholarly Crown Prince stood patiently by. Last week, as half a million Swedes lined the streets of Stockholm to cheer King Gustaf V's 90th birthday, it seemed as if this state of affairs might go on indefinitely. Even the horses that pulled the royal coach...
...path of true love was rougher than a Bucharest trolley track. The groom had lost his country, his throne and his fortune to the Communists. The bride was losing the blessing of her church for marrying outside its dispensation, and the bride's parents stayed away. But in Athens last week,wearing borrowed Greek crowns, Orthodox Michael of Rumania and Catholic Anne of Bourbon-Parma were at long length married...
...Worse." What, thundered the noble lords last week, was the government thinking of? Was there a British constitution or wasn't there? The government's Herbert Morrison came over to the House of Lords for the debate. He sat on a step with his elbow on the throne seat, passing a fretful hand through his thinning hair. Lord Chief Justice Goddard declared Mr. Ede's action unconstitutional. Viscount Cecil of Chelwood leveled a stern, accusing finger at Lord Jowitt who, as Lord Chancellor, was Prime Minister Attlee's nominee in the House of Lords, and thundered...
Sweden's Prince Bertil, third in line for the throne, arrived in Chicago for the Swedish Pioneer Centennial, crammed his 6 feet, 200 pounds into a midget racing car for a spin around the track at Soldier Field. He explained why he had not yet married at 36: "I take things very easily...
Rumors that Emperor Hirohito would soon step down from the throne were freely aired last week in the Japanese press. Said an Imperial Household spokesman: the stories were nonsense...