Foreign News: Messieurs, the Queen

For themselves, the French want no kings ruling over them. The last Emperor of France was tossed off the throne 86 years ago. Today unthroned royalty from other lands are a franc a dozen in the haunts of Paris' international set. The businesslike, democratic sovereigns of northern Europe frequently turn up in town without causing a ripple. But Parisians in all walks of life have been in a dither for weeks over next week's visit of Britain's Queen Elizabeth. Day laborers and priestesses of haute couture, florists and jewelers, architects and restaurateurs, waiters and street sweepers were busily engaged in last-minute...

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