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...Constantine of Greece) and the first heir to the throne to be born in Spain since the monarchy fell in 1931. For the Borbóns-the Spanish branch of the Bourbons-it was a heady occasion indeed. The baby's great-grandmother, 80-year-old Dowager Queen Victoria Eugenia, ended 37 years of exile (most of it self-imposed) to fly in from Nice for the baptism. His grandfather, Don Juan de Borbón y Battenberg, 54, the pretender to the throne, interrupted a Caribbean cruise to be on hand. Also present was Sophie's mother...
...ever, Franco will restore the monarchy, and to whom, if anyone, he will give the crown. Franco plays the game, too, by scattering contradictory clues, and last week he was playing it with obvious relish. He allowed Spain's monarchists to organize a mass rally to greet Queen Victoria Eugenia at the airport, but restricted TV coverage to a 17-second film strip. He himself declined to meet the plane but sent his Air Force Minister. When he showed up for the baptism, he agreed to observe royal protocol by allowing Pretender Don Juan to wait for him inside...
Unbeatable Lead. Gorton came almost from nowhere to land his nation's top job. An orange plantation owner in Victoria, he entered politics in 1946, joined the Country Party, and was elected to the local council in Victoria. In 1949, he switched to the Liberal Party and won a seat in the federal Senate. Since then, he has served only in junior ministerial slots in Australia's Liberal-Country Party coalition, which has ruled the country since 1949; he headed up the navy, interior and works ministries, and at Holt's death was Minister of Science...
...bride of three months went with friends to Fish Hoek Beach. Haupt played pickup rugby, then lay down to rest. Suddenly a friend called that Haupt was ill, with frothy blood coming from his mouth. From a local hospital, he was shuttled fast to the better-equipped Victoria Hospital, where doctors concluded that he had suffered a stroke-a massive brain hemorrhage. They saw little hope that he could survive. But since Haupt had apparently been fit, his heart was probably in good condition, so they telephoned the surgeons at Groote Schuur, who did not hesitate to say "Bring...
...datelessly entertaining. Its hero (Clayton Corzatte) is a braying, backslapping braggart with the laugh of a hyena and the grandiloquent transparency of a born liar. The actress who commandeers the stage in this APA revival is Helen Hayes in her best role since Queen Victoria...