Word: tiaraed
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...British Dominions beyond the Seas, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India, had donned the uniform of a colonel-in-chief of the Royal Horse Guards. Her Majesty the Queen-Empress shimmered majestically, clad in a gown of silver tissue overlaid with tulle embroidered with pearls, wearing a tiara of diamonds, the blazing Order of the Garter, many another twinkly gem of price and a train of Irish point lace. As the supreme moments ticked on, many of the 300-odd female presentees glanced nervously at the back of a court bouquet. Therein had been embedded against ultimate emergencies...
...still under way. The former Kaiser embraced his son, whom he had not seen for two years, "with tears in his eyes." The one-time Crown Prince "displayed his usual gayety." Later, Wilhelm's consort, Hermine, donned "a striking pink and black silk gown and a diamond tiara." Thus attired, she welcomed Herr Mendelssohn, her husband's chief banker, and many a titled Dutch and German guest to "a grand reception, at which all present were...
...fell to their knees, crossed themselves, received the Pope's blessing as he passed, his left hand holding a lighted candle, his right, with two fingers extended, gesturing over the heads of his children. So passed the glorious personage gowned in white and gold,* crowned with the jeweled triple tiara, with the Papal pectoral cross hung from his neck...
...obverse of the medal will show Pius XI and tiara; the reverse, the K. of C. Gymnasium and Playground erected on Vatican land at St. Peter's. It is the first Papal medal ever struck for an American organization...
...managed to draw into the background a little and so give the impression that the President is perceptibly taller, which, of course, is not the case. . . . She was proud to be Mrs. Woodrow Wilson but she didn't want to wear the dome of the Capitol for a tiara...