By a tradition dating back to King Henry of Navarre, France's chief of state is ex officio co-ruler of Andorra, a tiny (pop. 5,200) feudal principality of happy, Spanish-speaking shepherds and smugglers nestling amid the peaks of the Pyrenees. This amiable sharing of rulers has not prevented Andorrans from quarreling almost continuously with their big neighbor and protector to the north. Last week they were at it again, and, as both co-Prince of Andorra and President of the Republic of France, blinking, kindhearted Vincent Auriol was in the middle.
Like Gilbert & Sullivan's Pooh-Bah, the President stepped over to...
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