Word: throned
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...white-thatched leader of His Majesty's Loyal Opposition, Conservative Robert J. Manion, M.D., whose Irish tongue is as sharp as his surgical knives. Doctor Manion was upset because for several days he had tried in vain to get an advance peep at the Speech-from-the-Throne which Lord Tweedsmuir was to read. Ordinarily the Leader of the Opposition is allowed the courtesy of a peek. This time the Speech had been kept secret by order of its author, Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King. That astute and genial fat man obviously had something big up his sleeve...
...ministers...." Clearing his throat with a dry little Scottish cough, Baron Tweedsmuir began droning out a Speech from the Throne which suddenly drew from Parliament a great gasp of surprise. "My ministers are of the opinion," read the Governor General, "that the effective prosecution of the war makes it imperative that those who are charged with the grave responsibility of carrying on the Government of Canada should, in this critical period, be fortified by a direct and unquestioned mandate from the people. My advisers, accordingly, having regard to existing conditions and the stage of the life of the present Parliament...
...Sarawak, a rich tropical land of rubber, oil, antimony, edible birds' nests and rhinoceroses, it has long been recognized that a two-fisted male ruler was needed to make the kingdom's famed headhunters toe the mark. Heir Presumptive to the Sarawak throne was Sir Charles's brother, Bertram. But Bertram is now 63, too old to assume new burdens. So Anthony Brooke, Bertram's 27-year-old son, was named Raja Muda (Crown Prince...
...quit the previous May were accepted by the group in power: 1) no rapprochement with Germany; 2) retention of a strong Finnish Army. Mannerheim went to London and Paris, dickered for recognition. When he returned to Helsinki, Regent Svinhufvud resigned, Prince Friedrich Karl renounced his right to the throne, and Mannerheim became Regent of Finland...
...King began to kneel, the Holy Father graciously motioned him up, restrained him from kissing the Ring of the Fisherman. At the head of the stairs, the Queen and Royal Princesses knelt, kissed the ring. Moving in meticulously arranged procession through the palace, the party ended up in the throne room, where for half an hour the Pontiff and royal family conversed alone. Then the Court entered and Pius XII made an address. Said...