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Her parents, in the meantime, journeyed to Syria to complete official duties.
Her official title was ' king ' rather than ' queen ', reflecting that she was a sovereign in her own right and not merely a royal consort.
Her father, Joseph Smith, worked for United Press International in Paris and moved to Washington, D. C., United States in 1966, where he became The Washington Post < nowiki >'</ nowiki > s first official obituary editor.
Her cults may represent the religiously legitimate charm and seduction of the divine by mortals, in contrast to the formal, contractual relations between most members of Rome's official pantheon and the state, and the unofficial, illicit manipulation of divine forces through magic.
Her first official appearance in Paris on 8 June 1773 at the Tuileries was considered by many royal watchers a resounding success, with a reported 50, 000 people crying out to see her.
Her official title as Holy Roman Empress is somewhat dubious ; she was never crowned by the Pope, though she was crowned in Rome by the archbishop of Braga, Maurice Bourdin, at Pentecost ( 13 May 1117 ).
Or perhaps he was afraid of the Lord Chamberlain, Her Majesty's official censor whose duties were abolished in 1968.
Despite this exclusion, members of the commons must still express their loyalty to the monarch and defer to her authority, as the Oath of Allegiance must be recited by all new parliamentarians before they may take their seat, and the official opposition is traditionally dubbed as Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition.
Her last big-screen appearance came in the spectacular disaster film The Towering Inferno ( 1974 ), in which she danced with Fred Astaire before a fire threatened partygoers in a new San Francisco skyscraper who were celebrating its official opening as tallest building in the world.
The building opened for teaching in October 2008, with an official opening by Her Majesty the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh on 5 November 2008.
Her father was a government official who competed in the shot put and discus.
Her visit to Amsterdam was considered a diplomatic triumph by the Dutch, as her visit lent official recognition to the newly-formed Dutch Republic ; accordingly she was accorded an elaborate ceremonial royal entry, of the sort the Republic avoided for its own rulers.
Her official reason was that she wanted to visit her mother but unofficially she intended to generate publicity for her husband's invention ( which had only been used on short test drives before ), which succeeded as the automobile took off greatly afterwards and the Benz's family business eventually evolved into the present day Mercedes-Benz company.
Her team found that poor care for wounded soldiers was being delivered by overworked medical staff in the face of official indifference.
The Arms of Canada, also known as the Royal Coat of Arms of Canada or formally as the Arms of Her Majesty The Queen in Right of Canada, is, since 1921, the official coat of arms of the Canadian monarch and thus also of Canada.
* His / Her Excellency ( oral address Excellency, Your Excellency ) was once customarily used of governors of states, though this has given way to " The Honorable ", the form used to address all elected official in the United States.
The official title of the office at this time was His or Her Majesty's " lieutenant for the county of x ", but as almost all office-holders were peers they were referred to as " lord lieutenant ".
Her parents encouraged her to perform, and her father, who had been named New York City's " official magician " by Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia during the Great Depression, taught her to perform specialized magic acts by age 13.
In reference to such an official, it takes the form His / Her Excellency ; in direct address, Your Excellency, or, less formally, simply Excellency.
Her next choice was the married Constantine Atroklines, a court official, with whom it was rumoured that she ’ d had an affair with during the reign of Romanos III.
Government House, Governor's Road, Onchan is the official residence of the Lieutenant Governor Vice Admiral Sir Paul Haddacks, Her Majesty's representative on the Island.
10 Downing Street, colloquially known in the United Kingdom as " Number 10 ", is the headquarters of Her Majesty's Government and the official residence and office of the First Lord of the Treasury, an office now invariably held by the Prime Minister.
Her time in the 1500 m heats, 2: 54. 0, was more than 15 seconds under the official world record, but the time wasn't recognised since the race was skated under the North American mass start rules.
Her profile stands out on the official seal of the country, is engraved on French euro coins and appears on French postage stamps ; it also was featured on the former franc currency.

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Her third sponsor was her cousin, Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick.
" Her results attracted a major sponsor in the form of the French oil company Elf.
Her main sponsor is Roxy.
Her AA sponsor, Peter, and a security guard let her out.

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' Her face, with its glamour-gorgon makeup, softens, as Madame Armfeldt seems to melt into memory itself, and the wan stage light briefly appears to borrow radiance from her.
Madame Palmyre with Her Dog, 1897.
* Madame Charpentier and Her Children ( 1878 )
* Samuel C. Chu, ed., Madame Chiang Kai-Shek and Her China ( Norwalk, CT: EastBridge, 2004 ).
Her most famous novel was Madame de ..., published in 1951, which was adapted into the celebrated film The Earrings of Madame de ... ( 1953 ), directed by Max Ophüls and starring Charles Boyer, Danielle Darrieux and Vittorio de Sica.
Her relationship with the comtesse du Barry was one which was important to rectify, at least on the surface, because Madame du Barry was the mistress of Louis XV, and thus had considerable political influence over the king.
Her lady-in-waiting Madame de Motteville wrote the story of the queen's life in her Mémoires d ' Anne d ' Autriche.
The " Voltaire " was at the Academy of 1883 ; it was followed, in 1884, by the " Marriage de convenance ", perhaps the most popular of all Orchardson's pictures ; in 1885, by " The Salon of Madame Récamier "; in 1886, by " After ", the sequel to the " Marriage de convenance ", and " A Tender Chord ", one of his most exquisite productions ; in 1887, by " The First Cloud "; in 1888, by " Her Mother's Voice "; and in 1889, by " The Young Duke ", a canvas on which he returned to much the same pictorial scheme as that of the " Voltaire ".
Other test films by Case in his process include Miss Manila Martin and Her Pet Squirrel ( 1921 ), Bird in a Cage ( 1923 ), Madame Fifi ( 1925 ), and Chinese Variety Performer with a Ukelele ( 1925 ) and Gallagher and Shean ( 1925 ), all recorded in a sparse studio located on the second floor of the Case estate carriage house in Auburn, New York, now a museum.
Her recent roles include Lady Adelaide Stitch in the film Nanny McPhee ( 2005 ), Leona Mullen in the 2007 Broadway play Deuce, Madame Arcati in the 2009 Broadway revival of the play Blithe Spirit and Madame Armfeldt in the 2010 Broadway revival of the musical A Little Night Music.
Her only other first billed roles were in Madame X ( 1937 ) and Love is a Headache.
Her most bitter rival was the Duchesse Béatrix de Grammont, Choiseul's sister, who had in vain tried her best to acquire the place of the late Marquise de Pompadour, and according to Madame Adélaïde, Béatrix de Grammont would have disdained the comtesse no matter what.
Her 1962 novel, Madame Sousatzka, was made into a film in 1988, with Shabana Azmi and Shirley MacLaine.
Her association with several prominent dignitaries and public figures from across Europe has earned Madame Geoffrin an international spot of recognition.
Her contralto voice and attractive appearance gained Madame Vestris her first leading role at age 18 in Italian opera in the title-role of Peter Winter's II ratto di Proserpina at the King's Theatre in 1815.
Her notable theatrical roles include Young Woman in Machinal, Celia in As You Like It ( 1984 ), Madame de Volanges in Les Liaisons Dangereuses ( 1985 ), Katherine in The Taming of the Shrew ( 1987 ), Winnie in Happy Days ( 2007 ), and the title roles in Electra ( 1988 ), The Good Person of Sechuan ( 1989 ), Hedda Gabler ( 1991 ), The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie ( 1998 ) and Medea ( 2000 ).
Her honorary nicknames include the " First Lady of Physics ", the " Chinese Marie Curie ", and " Madame Wu ".
Her lengthy novels, such as Artamène, ou le Grand Cyrus ( 10 vols., 1648 – 53 ), Clélie ( 10 vols., 1654 – 61 ), Ibrahim, ou l ' illustre Bassa ( 4 vols., 1641 ), Almahide, ou l ' esclave reine ( 8 vols., 1661-3 ) were the delight of Europe, commended by other literary figures such as Madame de Sévigné.
Her family received further scorn as her sister, Trần Lệ Chi, who was married to Nguyển Hữu Châu had a French lover named Etienne Oggeri, and critics alleged that Madame Nhu introduced the laws so that her sister's husband could not get a divorce.
Her first marriage made her Madame de Stuers until her divorce.
Her godparents were her paternal uncle The Prince Leopold ( for whom The Duke of Cambridge stood proxy ); Prince Frederick William of Hesse-Kassel ( represented by Prince Francis of Teck ); Count Gleichen ; the Duchess of Nassau ( for whom Princess Francis of Teck ); the King of Sweden and Norway ( who was represented by Baron Hochschild, the Swedish minister ); the Princess of Leiningen ( represented by Claudine Rhédey von Kis-Rhéde ); her maternal aunt the Tsarevna of Russia ( represented by the Baroness de Brunnow, the Russian ambassador's wife ); the Crown Princess of Denmark ( represented by Madame de Bülow, the Danish Minister's wife ); and the Duchess of Inverness ( widow of Queen Victoria's uncle the Duke of Sussex ).
Her mother, the well-known Madame Sophie Gay, brought her up in the midst of a brilliant literary society.

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