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Denmark's Crown Prince Christian Frederick Francis Michael Charles Valdemar George stands 6 ft. 5 in. A reticent young man of 36 with a genuine interest in music, he is heir to the throne of Europe's tallest King. Of course the Press has persisted in marrying him off too. He was "officially engaged" for a while to Greece's Olga (sister of Britain's new Marina) who finally married Paul, now Prince Regent of Yugoslavia. Rumor then coupled Denmark's Frederick with Belgium's Maria José, Britain's Lady May Cambridge...
...good deal of the champagne in three-quarter time atmosphere. Evelyn Laye is physically charming and vocally superb as the ballet girl with whom the Hapsburg heir falls in love. Ramon Novarro is smilingly efficient as the unfortunate prince who must give up love for the duties of the throne and the good of his people--a decision which carries little conviction to a 1935 audience which likes to see its princes happy in the arms of their commoner sweethearts. Charles Butterworth and Una Merkel carry the brunt of the comedy burden on their capable shoulders...
Prince Sukhodaya, Siam's abdicated King Prajadhipok, collected the first payment on insurance which he took out several years ago against the loss of his throne. Weekly payments from French and British firms will give shrewd Sukhodaya about $40,000 a year for the rest of his life...
...Bangkok thick-lipped, domineering Premier Phya Bahol promptly sent emissaries to offer the Throne to childless Prajadhipok's 11-year-old nephew, elf-faced Prince Ananda Mahidol, whose late father, a loyal Harvardman, resided for years in Cambridge's Brattle Inn. Last week Elfin Prince Ananda was at school in Lausanne, Switzerland when the Siamese Minister to Paris arrived to tell his mother that her son may be King of Siam...
Francis I (1494-1547) lived at a lively time. A contemporary of Henry VIII, Erasmus, John Calvin, Rabelais, Machiavelli, he came to the French throne when monarchy meant owning the country. Only 20 when he became king, he found it delightful to be an autocrat. Did he want a château? He built it. A woman? He took her. The Mona Lisa? He bought it. Another province? He raised an army. But his political ambitions ended by embroiling him in a complicated series of expensive wars, and at the battle of Pavia he was captured by the German Emperor...