Word: vi
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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General Joseph T. McNarney was made an honorary Knight Commander of the Bath by George VI at Buckingham Palace...
...George VI, King of Great Britain, is no Bing Crosby. But a long-standing joke around the palace, propagated by his horsy daughter Elizabeth, has been the King's bad luck on the track. Last week the joke had lost its point. "A most notable feature of the present racing season," reported the Times, "is the success of the King both as an owner and breeder...
...George VI, Queen Elizabeth and Princess Elizabeth had a georgic week. In a talk to the Royal Agricultural College of Cirencester,* the King described himself as "a farmer-with all a farmer's responsibilities." The Queen wore a thistle tarn on a visit to the royal farms at Windsor with agricultural conference delegates. The Princess, in a radio talk that foreshadowed her adult responsibilities, denied that the empire was "built by cunning," put it thus: "The empire has grown like a garden, not a formal garden . . . but one that makes use of nature for its beauty, of the sort...
...16th Century had its bastards, and Borgia was one of them, with particularly illegitimate and realistic political ideas. Quite probably he picked up some from his father, Pope Alexander VI,* who was realistic enough to shock even Renaissance Italy. Borgia made a great impression on Europe while he lasted (he died at 31). He made a greater one still on Machiavelli, who spent a few months at his headquarters, as envoy from the Signory of Florence...
...Cardinal-Bishop of Porto when Cesare was born, became Pope Alexander VI in 1492. Other children (all by Mistress Vannozza Cattani): Giovanni, Lucrezia, Goffredo...