Word: umberto
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...cigar. He had arrived in Italy four days before the Allied armada invaded southern France, three days after the sudden arrival of Yugoslavia's Marshal Tito. Since then he had talked to Tito, to Italy's Premier Ivanoe Bonomi, Marshal Badoglio, Lieutenant of the Realm Prince Umberto, to Pope Pius XII. These talks might have concerned military plans. They almost certainly concerned the future plans of Britain and Russia in the Balkans, in Italy, in the eastern Mediterranean. In the case of Pope Pius XII, they concerned Poland. The newsmen wanted to know what had been said. Winston...
Bonomi & Co. paid no attention to the House of Savoy. Crown Prince Umberto, who had just taken over nominal rule (as Lieutenant-General of the Realm) from his father, Vittorio Emanuele III, heard about the new Government after it was formed. The new ministers swore fealty to the nation, not to the crown...
...always, lovely flowers were for sale at the foot of the Spanish Steps. Famous restaurants were open. In one, the San Carlo, Proprietor Umberto Storci fell with joy on the neck of an old customer, New York Timesman Herbert Matthews. Said...
Crowds followed Lieut. General Mark Clark's jeep through the streets. Barelegged young women in summer prints and sportswear promenaded the Corso Umberto. The view indicated that there was not a girdle in Rome...
Vittorio Emanuele kept his promise. The day after the Allies entered Rome, the Little King turned over his powers (but not his title) to his son, 36-year-old Crown Prince Umberto. At least until the U.S. and Britain keep their promise, give Italians a chance to choose their own government, the Crown Prince will rule as Lieutenant of the Realm...