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...Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown, but the royal consort carries burdens, too....
...With a few exceptions, the music here is non-religious — madrigals of amorous exploits, youthful indiscretions, courtship and melancholy, interspersed with instrumental numbers for a consort of viols....
...Can Charles III — and Queen Camilla (since coronations of consorts have also been a constant feature of English royal tradition) — match the popularisation skills of the two Elizabeths, and deliver both...
...James Roundell, previously a director at Dickinson, has joined Ward’s new business as a consultant....
...Labour’s James Callaghan went further than most when he disclosed that she offered holders of that office her “friendliness but not friendship”....
...The casting of Jodie Turner-Smith as the unlucky consort has drawn some attention. Admittedly it was bad news for representation of Frenchified white women with six fingers....
...The last stretch of our walk takes us along the Queen’s Walk, named after George II’s consort, Caroline of Ansbach, and the location of some of London’s most magnificent townhouses....
...In 1773 perma-grump brainbox Samuel Johnson was finally persuaded to take a lengthy trip north of the border by his younger pal and amanuensis, James Boswell....
...Alongside is a monogram used by Mary when she was both Queen of Scotland and queen consort of France, following her marriage to Francis, the Dauphin, in 1558....
...The Westminster “halo” tiara was fashioned by Lacloche in the oriental “bandeau” style to include the Arcot diamonds, once belonging to Queen Charlotte, consort to George III....
...The queen of the Thanksgiving table — consort to the royal turkey — is the pie of “Saint Pompion”....
...James MacMillan is especially captivating in the confidential tone he establishes, his music floating in air, like the “star of the sea”....
...The performance of Bach’s St John Passion in the evening brought John Butt and his Dunedin Consort to the BBC Proms for the first time. That guaranteed bracing music-making and new ideas....
...The four soloists — soprano Mhairi Lawson, countertenor James Laing, tenor Nicholas Mulroy and bass Matthew Brook, sounding on refulgent form — stepped out of the ranks of the choir....
...In Mayfair, the focus is on “art for art’s sake”, says James Malcolm Green, the district’s founder....
...The doyenne of Villa Castellini, outside Florence, she frequently played host to Henry James, who wrote about her in Portrait of a Lady and The Golden Bowl....
...On the eve of Pakistan’s Independence Day celebrations, Bhutto wrote to James Callaghan, the British prime minister, and demanded the return of the gem....
...Performers include pianist Angela Hewitt and Paul McCreesh with his Gabrieli Consort and Players....
...When James I came to the throne, the royal court moved into a period of unprecedented excess....
...The works presented here display those very virtues, particularly with the King’s Consort’s advocacy....
...But her decision to play along with the Olympic James Bond stunt did much to enhance her street-cred and added to the sense of national contentment with the monarchy....
...Sir, Your leader “Towards a more disarmed world” (May 16) hit the right notes on the strategic logic of the proposed reduction in nuclear weapons proposed by General James Cartwright and the Global Zero...
...“Ever since we came to grips with Italian madrigals I’ve wanted to create a brand new Italian madrigal songbook,” says James Weeks, Exaudi’s director. “I’ve tried to give the composers carte blanche....
...She confided her troubles to Alfred Hitchcock, who reworked the story in Rear Window, in which James Stewart’s war photographer is forever rejecting the girl....
...Aloft in its cloudless sky of optimism, the Gabrieli Consort and Players launched their 30th anniversary year at the weekend....
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