Word: victorias
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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When Queen Victoria ascended the British Throne in 1837 the throne of Hanover became separated from the United Kingdom. As women were not eligible to rule in Hanover, Ernest, Duke of Cumberland, fifth and most unpopular son of George III, became King of Hanover, but retained his British title...
...Queen Victoria. Every now and again a biographical play comes along and settles comfortably in the center of the bull's-eye. Then for a space a mass of playwrights whose aspirations exceed their acumen present passing glimpses of every spectacular individual in the terrestrial pageant. Usually the results are terrible. Notable exceptions are Disraeli, Abraham Lincoln, Queen Victoria...
...this day when investigation into the affairs of Victoria is pursued internationally with as much zeal as scientists exert in ascertaining the private life of the paramecium, it is rather exciting to see her come to life upon the stage. Though the authors (Walter Prichard Eaton and David Carb) protest volubly that the play is not a dramatization of Strachey, it is the readers of his book who will be particularly attracted. The play has caught all the quaint charm of the girl who developed retiring domesticity into a regal legend. It was Strachey who popularized the legend in America...
...Gustaf Adolf, Crown Prince of Sweden, 41, to Lady Louise Mountbatten, daughter of the late Marquis of Milford Haven, second cousin of King George of England, by the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of London, in the Chapel Royal, London. By his first wife, who was Princess Margaret Victoria, daughter of the Duke of Connaught, and who died in 1920, Prince Gustaf Adolf has four sons and one daughter. Over six feet tall, he possesses an athletic medal, awarded for high proficiency in five different sports. He is a practical archaeologist and a collector of modern paintings...
...this was her second visit to the Palace this week, the first being on Monday. ... The difference was that Monday it was a visit in State, Mrs. Hearst being brought to the Palace in the royal carriage surrounded by Guards of honor, while today Mrs. Hearst and Queen Victoria simply chatted intimately, as one woman with another...