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After ordering off the press corps to ensure privacy. Queen Juliana clapped her hands like a schoolmistress to start the dancing. Beatrix danced happily with her beau. Her younger sister Irene twined and twisted indefatigably with students and German princes. Britain's comely Alexandra was seldom separated from Prince Karl von Hesse, 25, one of the many princelings vying for her favor. One of the smoothest twisters of all was Britain's Prince Philip. Queen Elizabeth also danced but. said Italian Bandleader Cosimo Gile, "she didn't do the twist or anything like it. She danced like a Queen." As on every other night, the revels lasted until 4 a.m. By the time the last princely couples found their way back to the hotel, even the tulips had folded.
* Richest: ex-Queen Wilhclmina. Juliana's mother, whose fortune has been estimated at more than $1 billion. Queen Elizabeth's personal fortune, some $200 million, was founded by her shrewd great-great-grandmothcr Queen Victoria.