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...homecoming of their unbalanced King. On King Talal's own orders, only 30 people-all of them dignitaries-would be allowed at the airport. Everything began properly as planned. A 25-gun royal salute blasted out from Arab Legion cannon and rolled off the surrounding hillsides, reverberating through Amman. A twin-engined De Havilland Dove rolled to a stop, and out stepped 43-year-old King Talal, looking worn and taut. He mumbled a few words, which no one could understand, to Lieut. General John Bagot Glubb Pasha, the powerful Briton who commands Talal's Arab Legion...
...after his return, Talal mounted a brown charger and rode into downtown Amman, among his people. They swarmed around, cheering him, until the police had to hold back the crowds. Illness had only increased the popularity of Jordan's pathetic King, who would probably never rule his people again...
Tewfik Pasha Abul Huda hurriedly summoned a special meeting of Jordan's Parliament in Amman last week and swore all the members to secrecy. Then, as his eyes moistened behind his large, horn-rimmed glasses, the Prime Minister of Jordan told the assembled deputies and senators a sad story...
...officials for conspiring against him. He beats his servants and even his wife, Queen Zaine, whom he loves. Once when the Queen's brother intervened, King Talal ran him out of the palace. At times, Talal would sneak away and mount a mangy horse and ride unprotected through Amman. Brought back, he would say that he was happy among his people, who were his only friends...
When Talal got word last week of Abul Huda's regency, he wired back from Paris: "I am on my way to you and still consider myself on leave. Long live Jordan Kingdom." But instead of flying to Amman, Talal went off to Switzerland, looking for his wife. He could not find her: she had checked out of her hotel and gone into hiding with Crown Prince Hussein, under heavy police protection. The unhappy King told reporters he didn't know what to do next...