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The King and Queen, and Lady Alice Scott, the Royal bride-to-be at the time, seen as they left Buckingham Palace, London on October 7, 1935, en route...

A view of the Belvedere ship - one of the many Italian troop ships that passed along the Suez Canal in Egypt, en route for East Africa - and laden wit...

Gordon and Margaret Richards photographed at their home in Marlborough, England on October 5, 1935, after Gordon's discharge from Savernake hospital f...

King Christian of Denmark, discussing results with General Wieth, Commander-in-Chief. In the naval uniform is Prince Knud of Denmark - during the grea...

The Diesel twin-motored Pilsudski, Poland's first transatlantic liner, shown as it steamed into New York harbor on September 24, 1935. (AP Photo)

Ten year old King Ananda Mahidol, the boy King of Thailand, right, photographed with his brother Bhumibol, while playing with presents he received on...

After days of secret crisis talks, Hitler announced sweeping changes in the army command, cabinet and diplomatic service on September 16, 1935. Hitler...

Prince Edward, the Prince of Wales in Austrian costume, leaving Budapest, Hungary for Vienna, Austria, on the afternoon of September 16, 1935. Next to...

Earl Haig and Lady Irene Haig, photographed at the Edinburgh Autumn Meeting and Royal Caledonian Hunt at Musselburgh racecourse, Scotland, on Septembe...

Belgium's Royal children, Prince Baudouin and Princess Josephine Charlotte soon after loosing their mother Queen Astrid. The picture was taken on Sept...

The Belgian Royal children, Prince Baudouin and Princess Josephine Charlotte, on their return from a holiday in Holland on September 16, 1935. (AP Pho...

One of the pioneers of the American film industry, Jesse Lasky, along with his wife Bessie and son Jesse Jr arriving on the Empress of Australia liner...

Husband and wife, tennis star Fred Perry and Helen Vinson, recently married in New York in 1935. (AP Photo)

Sir Samuel Hoare, the British Foreign Minister with his wife, Lady Maud Hoare who greeted him on his return from Geneva, Switzerland to the Hendon Aer...

Cardinal Seredi of Hungary sprinkling the Downside Abbey buildings in Downside, near Bath, England with holy water at the Consecration ceremony on Sep...

The Abbey church of Downside near Bath was consecrated on September 12, 1935. Cardinal MacRory, Primate of Ireland, in the procession round the walls...

9 year old Princess Teru, daughter of the Emperor and Empress of Japan, on September 12, 1935. She is seen at a Tokyo railway station just before boar...

Hitler giving the Nazi salute at a convention in Nuremberg, Germany on September 11, 1935 when he addressed 30,000 Nazi delegates. (AP Photo)

A view of the giant gathering of The Reichswehr, storm troopers and party leaders, listening to Hitler's speech at the opening of the Assembly Hall in...

Swastika standards worn by S.S guards at the opening of the great Nazi party congress in Nuremberg, Germany on September 10, 1935. (AP Photo)

Left to right : Count Haugwitz Von Reventlow, his wife, the former Princess Alexis Mdivani also known as Barbara Hutton, and Jimmy Donohue, Barbara's...

Lady Alice Scott, the Duke of Gloucester's fiancee, leaving her Grosvenor Place home in London, England on September 10, 1935. (AP Photo)

Lady Alice Scott, the Duke of Gloucester's fiancee, shopping in London, England on September 10, 1935, handing over a parcel to her chauffeur. (AP Pho...

English golfer Archie Compston taking part at the opening of the tournament at the Royal Mid-Surrey Course in Richmond, England on September 10, 1935....

Charles Whitcombe, captain of the British Ryder Cup team, in play during his match against F Healing in the tournament at Royal Mid-Surrey Course in R...

The Prince of Wales, Prince Edward VIII, arrived in Geneva, Switzerland on the morning of September 10, 1935 from Golfe Juan in France. He travelled t...

A general view of the scene of the opening of the Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto at Nicker, Pallasgreen, County Limerick, Ireland on September 8, 1935. It...

Comedian Harry Tate, also known as Ronald Macdonald Hutchinson, standing by his car after a hearing at South Western Police Court, London, England on...

Signor Mussolini in his military uniform, standing at the barrier dividing Italy from Austria, at the Brenner Pass on August 31, 1935. (AP Photo)

Official picture of Queen Astrid lying in state in the chapelle ardente at the Royal Palace in Brussels, Belgium on August 30, 1935. Picture taken by...

Paul van Zeeland, the Belgian Premier, at the microphone during his broadcast annoucement of national mourning for Queen Astrid on August 30, 1935. (A...

The coffin of Queen Astrid of Belgium lying in state in the chapelle audente in the Royal Palace in Brussels, Belgium on August 30, 1935. (AP Photo)

Villagers from Kussnacht, near Lucerne, Switzerland paying homage at the spot where Queen Astrid of Belgium died in a fatal car crash on August 30, 19...

A general view of the dense crowd around the Royal Palace in Brussels, Belgium where the dead Queen Astrid lied in state on August 30, 1935. (AP Photo...

The wrecked car being salvaged from the lake side near Lucerne, Switzerland on August 30, 1935, after the car crash in which Queen Astrid of Belgium w...

Dance band leader Harry Roy and his new wife Elizabeth Brooke returned to Victoria station, London, England from their honeymoon in the South of Franc...

King George V chatting with members of the after guard, while members of the crew hoist a sail on board the King's racing yacht, Britannia, on July 31...

Dance band leader, Harry Roy and Elizabeth Brooke, daughter of Rajah Brooke walking on July 31, 1935 in London, England to preparations for their wedd...

The scene on board King George V's racing yacht, Britannia on July 31, 1935. at Cowes, Isle of Wight, England. The King is seen on the left chatting w...

Anthony Eden bidding farewell to his wife, prior to his departure on July 30, 1935 from Croydon to Paris for talks on the Abyssinian crisis. (AP Photo...

Queen Mary with Sir Reginald Buckley in front followed by King George V coming ashore at Cowes, Isle of Wight, England for their holiday on July 30, 1...

H.W Austin, right, being congratulated by Donald Budge of the USA, after his victory at Wimbledon on July 30, 1935. (AP Photo)

Lord Baden Powell, right, being welcomed by Major Ebbe Lieberath, left, on his arrival at the Great Camp on the island of Ingaro in Sweden for the Sco...

Leo Frobenius, the German African explorer, center, on his return to Frankfurt, Germany on July 29, 1935, after an expedition to Africa. On the right...

Actor Clark Gable and his wife Maria are pictured just outside of the Trocadero Cafe in Hollywood, July 20, 1935. (AP Photo)

JP Morgan, right, chatting with Senator Hamilton Kean of New Jersey, left, as John W Davis, Cheif of Morgan's Legal Staff joins in at Senate Banking C...

Chancellor Adolf Hitler speaks in the Kroll Opera House in Berlin, May 21, 1935, during his address to the Reichstag on Germany's policy on the world...

The conscription of the young Work Service men at the Bockbrauerei in Berlin after they were examined by doctors who found them "tauglich" (fit) for t...

S.A. Reserve is shown as they assembled in the Lustgarten in Berlin, March 31, 1935. (AP Photo)

Queen Astrid in her boudoir at Stubenberg Castle, near Laeken, Belgium in 1935. (AP Photo)