People: Dec. 21, 1970

The fine art of being a Royal these days consists largely of knowing how to say the right thing at the right time. Speaking at the annual dinner of the Pilgrims, an Anglo-American society, in London, Britain's Prince Charles tried to keep a straight face while defending the reputation of "my great-great-great-great-great-grandfather George III." His ancestor, he said, "consoled himself over the loss of the American colonies with the conclusion that more advantages were to be reaped from their trade as friends rather than as colonies." At the University of London, Charles' grandma,...

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