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...Vive le Roi! Some 1,300 girl students were waiting breathlessly in the assembly hall when the school's chaplain sidled up to one of the royal equerries and said, nodding at the guest of honor, "I don't believe that's the King at all." The equerry exploded in indignation. "This," said affronted Majesty itself, "is the first time such a thing has happened to me." He drew himself aside to let his underlings clean up the ugly matter. A second chaplain, however, had turned suspicion into action and rushed to the police station by motorbike...
Baudouin was about to take the oath of allegiance to the constitution when a piercing cry rang through the hall: "Vive la République!" The cry had been voiced by Julien Lahaut, white-maned president of the Belgian Communist Party. His shocked fellow deputies (who wanted to get rid of Leopold, not of the monarchy) broke into hurried applause for Baudouin. The prince blushed furiously, his eyes downcast. Finally order was restored and Baudouin managed to say: "I swear to observe the constitution and the laws of the Belgian people...
There were cries of "Vive le Prince Royal." Baudouin walked woodenly out of the chamber. That evening, the new regent got down to work, accepted the resignation of the government and began consultations with political leaders to select a Premier. Social Christian Paul van Zeeland accepted. Baudouin's father, meanwhile, who had so stubbornly and desperately wanted to be King of the Belgians, stayed in gloomy Laeken palace, a virtual prisoner at his shadow court. This week, Leopold flew to Geneva, brought back his wife, the beautiful Princess de Rethy, to brighten the shadows...
...repealed the Royal Family Exile Law, the Comte de Paris, 42, pretender to the nonexistent throne of France, saw his beloved Paris for the first time in 25 years. As he motored up to Royalist headquarters on the Rue de Constantine, a small, stouthearted band of the faithful cried: "Vive le roi!" Said the Comte: "I am happier than it is possible...
...Love Me Tonight" and "One Hour With You" are two collector's items that provide a delightful evening of entertainment. Vive la bagatelle...