Today in History-July 23
The kiss 100,000 people strained to see1986: Prince Andrew weds Sarah Ferguson
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Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson have married at Westminster Abbey.
Thousands of people lined the streets of London and a worldwide TV audience
of 500 million tuned in to catch a glimpse of thepageantry.
Miss Ferguson arrived at the 900 year-old church at 1130 BST - only a
couple of minutes late - after riding from Clarence House in the Glass Coach
with her father, Sir Ronald.
Inside, 2,000 people, amid 30,000 flowers, watched the bride make her four
minute walk up the blue-carpeted aisle, sweeping a 17-foot train behind her.
As well as the families of the bride and groom guests included 17 members
of foreign royalty, President Reagan's wife Nancy and Prime Minister Margaret
Thatcher.
The Queen conferred Prince Andrew with the title Duke of York - last held
by King George VI and traditionally reserved for the sovereign's second son -
just 90 minutes before the ceremony.
Prince Edward was best man to his 26-year-old brother and Prince Charles
read the lesson in a service conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr
Robert Runcie.
As the couple exchanged their vows cheers could be heard from the crowd
outside.
The new Duchess of York mistakenly repeated Prince Andrew's middle name,
Christian, and agreed to obey her husband - a clause omitted by Princess Diana
in her 1981 marriage to Prince Charles.
After they had signed the register the couple rode in the open-topped 1902
State Landau to Buckingham Palace.
The Duchess looked radiant in her ivory duchesse satin dress, next to the
Duke - four months her junior - in the ceremonial day dress of a naval
lieutenant.
A crowd of 100,000 clamoured to see their first public kiss as man and wife
on the balcony of the Palace.
Following their wedding party for 300 guests at Claridges Hotel, the couple
will honeymoon in the Azores.
King Constantine is holding talks with the British Prime Minister
1974: Greek military rule gives in to democracy
Artificially 1969:
The The military government in Greece has collapsed and the former prime
minister Constantine Karamanlis has been invited to return.
Huge crowds gathered to greet him at Athens airport and there has been
jubilation in the streets of the Greek capital to mark the beginning of a return
to democracy.
Conservative Mr Karamanlis, 67, was prime minister for an unprecedented
eight years until the centre-left won power in the country's last democratic
election in 1963.
He has been in self-imposed exile in Paris since then but he was one of
eight former senior politicians invited to return yesterday by the foundering
military leadership.
A military junta led by Colonel Papadopoulos, Colonel Makarezos and
Brigadier Pattakos seized power in Greece in April 1967.
They imposed strict controls over the media and judicial system, suppressed
any political opposition and dismantled the reforms of the last elected prime
minister, Georgios Papandreou.
A spokesman for the Greek armed forces explained the junta's decision to
step down, "in view of the position in which the country finds itself".
The regime, now controlled by Brigadier Ionnides, has crumbled over the
growing crisis in Cyprus following the Turkish invasion two days ago.
The Greek National Guard staged a coup on the island last week to replace
elected Greek-Cypriot leader Archbishop Makarios with Nicos Sampson, who fell
from power yesterday.
Mr Karamanlis' return from exile has been welcomed by the Turkish
Government - which sent him messages of congratulation, and the Turkish press
has hailed him as "Turkey's friend".
Former Greek King Constantine - exiled since failing totopplethe 1967 coup
- has been in talks with British Prime Minister Harold Wilson at 10 Downing
Street.
Mr Karamanlis will choose his cabinet tomorrow to include experts and
representatives from both leading parties from the 1963 poll.
General Gizikis has said he will remain as Greek President until the new
government is running smoothly.
Vocabulary:
pageantry:grand display(壮观;华丽)
topple :to push or throw over; overturn or overthrow(倾倒)
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