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Event of the week in Rome was the awful squash of 6,000 royal and titled guests at the marriage of Spanish Alfonso XIII's third son Juan, heir-pretender to the Throne, in St. Mary's Basilica to his brunette Italian cousin, Princess Marie-Mercedes of Bourbon-Sicily who sobbed convulsively with streaming eyes during the ceremony. Sympathetic witnesses were that unhappy couple, sad Belgian Princess Marie-Jose and her gay Crown Prince Umberto of Italy. Once dashing Umberto was the hope of antiFascists, was said to have challenged Il Duce to a duel, never gave...
Britain's new prince has a very thin chance of ever becoming King-Emperor. Now seventh in line of succession to the throne, he will drop further behind as his uncles and young cousins propagate. His prime distinction is that he is the first son of a son of King George...
...assembly.) Last week, prodded by a life-size Kingmaker, the deputies amid wild cheers voted to abolish the republican constitution, revive the old monarchical constitution of 1911. hold a plebiscite Nov. 3 to confirm Kondylis' coup d'état and, finally, recall "Gorgeous Georgios" to the throne. The Government hastily ran off new stationery with the Greek royal arms...
...coup d'etat reached dapper little George II in his hotel in London's West End just before dinner. He dined with his aide, went out to a Mayfair party and had the kind of evening anyone would envy, telling his friends he would not accept the throne of Greece unless a majority of the people wanted...
George's coyness seemed reasonable, for his family has not been comfortable on the throne of Greece. His grandfather, George I, Greece's second modern King, was assassinated. His father, Constantine ("Tino"), was kicked out by Venizelos in 1917 because he was pro-German. After the War a plebiscite called him back; a revolution kicked him out again and he died in exile. For eleven months in 1923 George II actually reigned as King, in competition with a revolutionary Republic. He was politely asked to leave and abdicate. He left but did not abdicate. Another plebiscite confirmed...