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...Other afterthoughts were bestowed on European royalty. It was mentioned with a hush that 25 years ago King Edward VII was escorted to his grave by 48 Kings and Princes. Only four sovereigns who wore crowns in Europe then still wear them: Italy's gnarled and hardy little Vittorio Emanuele III; The Netherland's marsh-mallowy but masterful Queen Wilhelmina; Norway's tall brooding Haakon VII (George V's brother-in-law); and the rheumy-eyed royal Swedish marvel who can still play tennis. 76-year-old Gustaf V. To get these four to London, however...
Photograph for TIMEby James Nachtwey--VII...
...claimed he had Pentagon support in his efforts to hunt terrorists. But the U.S. military says he was operating without its knowledge, and the judge refused to admit evidence backing his claim. Idema was sentenced to 10 years in jail. Two associates also received prison sentences. DIED. PATRIARCH PETROS VII OF ALEXANDRIA, 55, leader of the Greek Orthodox Church in Africa; with 16 others when their helicopter crashed on the way to Mount Athos, a community of monasteries in northeastern Greece; in the Aegean Sea. Since becoming Patriarch in 1997, Petros helped revive interest in the church, expanding its missions...
...DIED. PATRIARCH PETROS VII OF ALEXANDRIA, 55, leader of the Greek Orthodox Church in Africa; along with 16 others when their helicopter crashed on the way to a community of monasteries in northeastern Greece; in the Aegean Sea. Since becoming Patriarch in 1997, Petros had helped revive flagging interest in Europe's oldest established church, greatly expanding its missions and influence and acting as a peace broker between Muslims and Christians in the Middle East and North Africa...
...joined the business, opening more shops in Paris, London and New York City. (One brother famously traded a string of rare pearls and $100 for a mansion on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue.) No order was too extravagant: Cartier created 27 tiaras for people attending the coronation of King Edward VII in 1902. King Farouk of Egypt had solid-gold toothpicks specially made, the family of King Edward VII ordered jeweled can openers, and W.K. Vanderbilt requested 18-karat-gold yo-yos. Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt filled a cake with Cartier jewels as a birthday gift for the Prince of Wales...