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...waited in the Chamberlain tower until formally summoned by his mother, wore the No. 1 blues of the New Royal Regiment of Wales, of which he is colonel-in-chief. As he received the instruments of his office -silver-handled sword, amethyst ring, ermine-topped mantle and contemporary gold coronet-mother and son looked into each other's eyes. When it was over, and Charles had delivered his speech, Philip caught his son's eye, and the prince broke into a smile...
...limestone walls of Caernarvon Castle. On Tuesday afternoon, the royal carriage procession will jog through the town to the castle's Water Gate. When Charles arrives, the state trumpeters of the Household Cavalry will sound a fanfare. His personal banner, carrying the arms of Llywelyn the Great with the coronet of the Prince of Wales in the center, will be broken out over the castle's Eagle Tower. Then Charles will be conducted by Lord Snowdon, the Constable of the Castle, to the Chamberlain Tower, while the assemblage sings God Bless the Prince of Wales...
...Wales. As Charles kneels before Elizabeth, the Letters Patent of investiture will be read, first in English and then in Welsh. The Welsh rendition is an innovation aimed at placating Wales' tribal sensibilities. While the Welsh is being intoned, the Queen will present Charles with a sword, place a coronet on his head, slip a gold ring on his finger and hand him a gold rod of government. The coronet is a modern design of Charles' own commissioning, part of his personal program to revive British gold-and silverwork. Thus accoutered, Charles will kneel before the Queen, place his hands...
...Victorians may have traded in silks and spices, but, as Ivory shows, today's Elizabethans are in the culture export-import business. The proof is provided in contradictory fragments: a sitar sits near a hi-fi rig; a girl is dubbed a beauty queen with a rhinestone coronet that matches the jewel in her nose; groupies sleep on a temple's tessellated floors...
...industry's biggest auto-sales increase, and had earnings to match. At a record $84.5 million, its second-quarter earnings were nearly double those of the 1967 quarter. Relatively untroubled by the strikes that hit its bigger rivals, and propelled by hot sales of Plymouth Fury and Dodge Coronet, the company is on the way to its biggest year...