CHICO — The Portuguese version of the crowning of members ... There are festa events in Orland, Princeton and Gridley. The queens wear white dresses and elaborate velvet and beaded capes.

Another Portuguese native called Gonçalo, also 30, agrees, noting: "The stereotype is that British women have dyed blonde hair." He adds: "Younger men often wear vests, and older men usually wear ...

LONDON, Sept. 11. -- Preparations have been begun on a royal scale here for the wedding next Wednesday of Dom Miguel, son of the Duke of Braganza, the Portuguese pretender, who has surrendered his ...