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Sometimes the world that survives him thinks of George, father of the Duke, as an amiable successor to the gay and worldly Edward VII, and of his mother, Queen Mary, as the ruler of the family. But the Duke describes his late father as a stern sea dog, a domestic martinet who lived on a clockwork schedule and refused to let David go to public (private) schools lest they teach him bad habits. (" 'The Navy will teach him all that he needs to know...
...daughter of Leopold, Duke of Albany and brother of Edward VII, Princess Alice is Elizabeth's first cousin twice removed;, as wife of the Earl of Athlone, brother of Queen Mary, she is also Elizabeth's great-aunt...
Died. Alice Frederica Edmondstone Keppel, eightyish, last of the late Edward VII's girl friends after long illness; in Florence, Italy. Mrs. Keppel settled easily into the pleasure-loving royal household; no objections were heard from either the Hon. George Keppel (third son of the Earl of Albemarle) or Queen Alexandra, who at the end graciously asked Alice to sit by Edward's deathbed...
...Napoleon's becoming emperor was very much his own idea, but it was approved by the French Senate and by a plebiscite. Pope Pius VII journeyed to Paris for the coronation, but when it came time to put on the crown, Napoleon took it from the Pontiff's hands and put it on himself...
Free-Thinking Communists. The mayor himself is ensconced next door, in what used to be Pope Clement VII's study. For the summer, Fabiani has abandoned the prevalent Communist fashion (dark double-breasted suit) for an open sport shirt and a light linen jacket. Though only 35, he is a veteran Communist. Nine years in Fascist jails have shrunk his face, left his eyes deepset in sallow sockets. His line is conciliation: "If we Communists were in power in Italy today, we would not destroy private property. Private property has its function to fulfill in Italy for years & years...