Hear us out: Dany could totally stay on the throne.
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Cersei's legitimate hold on the throne is tenuous, at best.
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Henry VIII succeeded his father, Henry VII, on the throne.
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I spend more time on the throne than Queen Latifah!
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Who did your Geralt put on the throne in Skellige?
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In 1603, Mary's son, James VI, succeeded Elizabeth on the throne.
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This year will see her celebrate 65 years on the throne.
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King Bhumibol Adulyadej, on the throne since 1946, is very ill.
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Muhammad V, 49, abdicated after just two years on the throne.
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Even if she sat on the Throne, it would never last.
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Without fanfare, she celebrated her Sapphire Jubilee: 65 years on the throne.
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Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej died Thursday after 70 years on the throne.
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It's just a matter of who gets to sit on the throne.
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After 70 years on the throne, Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej has died.
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King Bhumibol Adulyadej died on Thursday after seven decades on the throne.
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Ultimately, if you get on the throne, what are you really getting?
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Charles stepped in last minute, appearing on the throne next to the Queen.
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But fashion's newest meme has officially taken its rightful place on the throne.
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The current king, Maha Vajiralongkorn, has been on the throne for two years.
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You still have 83 days to take your rightful place on the Throne.
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Is Beyoncé saying she now "sits on the throne" and is replacing him?
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Hirohito died in 1989 at age 87 after 62 years on the throne.
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" — Conleth Hill (Lord Varys) "I think I want a Littlefinger on the Throne.
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"I think Dany should have been on the throne," the NFL star said.
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"I will be vindicated because God is still on the throne," he said.
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"I can tell you this — God is still on the throne," he said.
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Accident and tragedy put her on the throne soon after her 18th birthday.
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Asgard is rudderless and seemingly powerless without the real Odin on the throne.
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Despite this, the angle at which he's situated on the throne looks pretty funky.
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As Daenerys focuses on Northern threats, Cersei can bolster her grip on the throne.
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Her Majesty the Queen celebrates 68 years on the throne on Thursday, February 6.
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Thailand's 553-year-old King Bhumibol Adulyadej died after 70 years on the throne.
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Mr Abe has shown himself all in favour of women, except on the throne.
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So I hope Dan and David are going to end up on the throne.
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Ultimately, it was Elizabeth's insecure hold on the throne that contributed to Mary's execution.
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As you sit on the throne, the bidet attachment's controls are on your right.
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And write my father, the waste king, write his name on the throne instead.
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Cersei's youngest son Tommen is now on the throne, but he's a mere kid.
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It's hard to care about the finale and who ends up on the throne now.
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What if, after all this, it's eyeless Ed Sheeran who ends up on the throne?
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Stephen King, master of the plot twist, believes Tyrion might even sit on the throne.
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Are their hopes as straightforward as, just get Jon Snow or Dany on the throne?
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When the young and recklessly vile Joffrey Baratheon sat on the throne, did he rule?
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After all, Jaime still has a greater claim on the throne than his sister-lover.
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Maybe that's why Varys is so motivated to put a Targaryen back on the throne.
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The Queen has never given an official interview during her 67 years on the throne.
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If Jon ends up on the throne, well—three cheers for the rule of men?
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Alex: If you think Jon ends up on the throne, you haven't been paying attention.
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Putting her brother on the throne felt like voting Brexit to me—just utter stupidity.
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The same Queen is on the throne — but the times (and the cast!) are changing.
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A pained Elizabeth asks what she has accomplished in all her years on the throne.
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After his brother is unexpectedly killed, Hal ends up on the throne in his early 20s.
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Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej marked 70 years on the throne as the world's longest reigning monarch.
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Bhumibol's time on the throne surpasses Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, who's been reigning for 64 years.
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That marked 60 years on the throne, and was the cause of celebration throughout Great Britain.
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Whenever and however Mr Hun Sen goes, he will have been on the throne too long.
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"The farmer" would resume his rightful place on the throne, and all would be well again.
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Fans went wild when they saw brother and sister reunited on the throne of social media.
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Bowing to conservative pressure, the addendum did not mention allowing women to sit on the throne.
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Jaime sat down on the throne to wait and see who would come to claim it.
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Yet here Ian McDiarmid's nefarious character is, up on the throne and cackling away yet again.
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ARROYO: First of all, we&aposre dealing with woman who has been on the throne since 1952.
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NUMBER OF THE DAY 65 That's how many years Queen Elizabeth II has been on the throne.
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Even eternally failing Theon Greyjoy (Alfie Allen) scored a few seconds on the throne for a photo.
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Prince Vajiralongkorn does not enjoy the same adoration his father earned over a lifetime on the throne.
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Conversely, when the elder Tywin Lannister ruled the kingdoms, he never needed to sit on the throne.
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When David II died childless in 1371, Marjorie's son, Robert the Steward, succeeded him on the throne.
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King Bhumibol spent his first years on the throne engaging in what looked like politically benign activities.
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In a shocking announcement, Malaysian King Sultan Muhammad V abdicated after just two years on the throne.
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Kim sitting on the throne in Pyongyang is in the U.S. national interest — at least for now.
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He's absolutely dismayed that she'll put the world at risk to just to remain on the throne.
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If you want to visualize all the possibilities, check out your favorite characters on the Throne here.
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Our best guess is that all these schemes were to get a Targaryen back on the throne.
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Japan's Emperor Akihito is hinting that he wants to abdicate after nearly three decades on the throne.
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"Can you imagine if no one ends up on the throne and they transition to democracy?" she said.
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The four-minute trailer proves that the Queen's been holding her own on the throne from day one.
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The series opens with King George VI (Jared Harris) still on the throne, but his health is failing.
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It's the Sapphire Jubilee Snowflake Brooch, and it was given to commemorate her 65 years on the throne.
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THE queen celebrated her 90th birthday on April 21st and notched up her 23,451st day on the throne.
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I think Jon could also have a potential claim on the throne, if Rhaegar and Lyanna were married.
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At this point, the Jacobites would be better off trying to get Dora the Explorer on the throne.
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This year, he suggested that no one in the royal family really wanted to sit on the throne.
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"If we do not allow a woman on the throne," he added, "we will be punished by Amaterasu."
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When they arrive, they find Mawat's father vanished, Mawat's uncle Hibal on the throne and other problems brewing.
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Being the power behind the throne, after all, is often just as good as being on the throne.
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While Jon aims to support Daenerys, his very bloodline makes him a threat to her claim on the throne.
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"I think I want Littlefinger on the throne," Turner mused, prompting a loud chorus of boos mixed with laughter.
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In 1524, Margaret managed to depose Albany as Regent and put 12-year-old James V on the throne.
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The 88-year-old king died on Thursday after 70 years on the throne, plunging the country into grief.
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She is currently the second-longest serving monarch in Danish history, having been on the throne since January 1972.
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There's Axl, imprisoned on the throne, apologetic and humbled, frantically waving his arms like a Sunset Strip synchronized swimmer.
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Her mother abdicated in 1980 after 32 years on the throne, and went on to live another 24 years.
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This is old-school glamour queen Crawford back on the throne in her kingdom, if only for one night.
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The former king served on the throne for just two years before Rwanda gained independence from Belgium in 1962.
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The only child of Naruhito and Masako, Princess Aiko, 17, will not be eligible to sit on the throne.
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The queen then sat on the throne in the Lords' Chamber and waited for her remaining audience to arrive.
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The show chronicles a woman's 67 years on the throne and how she passed the day during those decades.
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Our girl probably won't end up on the throne, but she'll, hopefully, have a final word on who gets it.
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Women are prevented from serving on the throne in order to maintain the country's supposed unbroken male bloodline, explained Rouff.
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Yet the regime of Kim Jong Un, the third Kim on the throne, pays no penalty for the people's suffering.
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Prince Vajiralongkorn has yet to command the respect and adoration that his father drew after a lifetime on the throne.
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Russian rulers, including Ivan the Terrible, have sometimes tested their authenticity by temporarily placing a fake tsar on the throne.
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I put Cerys on the throne of Skellige, simply because she felt like the only real sensible choice to make.
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King Bhumibol, also known as Rama IX, was the world's longest-reigning monarch, having spent seven decades on the throne.
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The idea of women on the throne particularly inflames Mr. Abe's most conservative supporters, who believe only men should reign.
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To unite Orïsha, Zélie hopes to put Amari — the princess, her ally and a new magic wielder — on the throne.
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ARROYO: Yes we do, from Truman back in 1951 before she was on the throne, then there was Eisenhower in 57.
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Following her first 10 years on the throne, Elizabeth must evaluate who she can trust for the rest of her rule.
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The monarchy puts "a family on the throne" and "brings down the pride of sovereignty to the level of petty life".
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She has spent 66 of her 92 years on the throne and has survived 12 prime ministers and innumerable political crises.
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Besides, who better to put on the Throne than someone who can see every coup attempt coming from three moves away?
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Tommen Baratheon currently sits on the throne, but as the bastard son of Jamie Lannister, he doesn't have a real claim.
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Could whatever force of fate that put him on the throne still be working to some sinister purpose, perhaps involving Drogon?
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But putting a little-known foreign leader on the throne wouldn't break the cycle of violence; it practically guarantees endless rebellions.
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During her 66 years on the throne, the longest reign in British history, Elizabeth has never made public her private views.
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Because I don't think this is a story about who is the rightful king and who should be on the throne.
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It was therefore widely believed that King Edward could not marry Wallis Simpson, a divorced American, and remain on the throne.
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Bowing to conservative pressure, the addendum makes no mention of any discussion to allow women to sit on the throne themselves.
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And it&aposs possible the movie has enough witchcraft left in it to stay on the throne for one more weekend.
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Netflix's revealed the royal epic will conclude with Imelda Staunton on the throne as Queen Elizabeth II for the final season.
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Conservative supporters of Mr. Abe are steadfastly opposed to allowing women on the throne, or even sons of female family members.
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Over her 67 years on the throne, there have been a total of 13, and some were, naturally, better than others.
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But when Samsung shifted to better optics, smoothed out its image processing, the Korean company seriously challenged Apple's spot on the throne.
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On February 6, Queen Elizabeth will be the first British monarch to mark her Sapphire Anniversary, marking 65 years on the throne.
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She wants her own son, Brian, to sit on the throne and so hatches a murderous plan to get rid of Crimthann.
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It was her Diamond Jubilee, celebrating 24637 years on the throne — not her Golden Jubilee, which occurred 10 years earlier, in 2002.
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It was her Diamond Jubilee, celebrating 60 years on the throne — not her Golden Jubilee, which occurred 10 years earlier, in 2002.
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During his seven decades on the throne, he helped guide a nation prone to chronic coup-making and spasms of political violence.
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It is equivalent to 2-to-9 odds, meaning a lot of bettors are pretty certain Bran will sit on the throne.
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They are also not allowed to reign on the throne, which puts Japan out of step with other monarchies around the world.
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Wallis is always blamed for bringing down the monarchy, but the truth is that she wanted Edward to stay on the throne.
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"You have forgotten me," Mufasa tells his son, before urging Simba to assume his rightful place on the throne of Pride Rock.
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Last year, for the first time since Queen Victoria sat on the throne, Britain generated electricity for two weeks without burning coal.
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And while 2020 could see some drinks' profiles rise, hard seltzer isn't giving up its spot on the throne, per the report.
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Queen Elizabeth II has passed another milestone as the U.K.'s longest-reigning monarch: Her Sapphire Jubilee - that's 65 years on the throne.
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Could you just imagine everything that would get done in Westeros if Sansa was sitting on the throne with Tyrion by her side?
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Her argument with Jon about her actions made it pretty clear that there's no good ending that has her sitting on the throne.
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Prince Mohammed, on the other hand, has the potential to remain on the throne for up to 50 years once he's eventually coronated.
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King Tommen, Cersei's son, is still on the throne, but he's much younger and not at all an independent actor in the books.
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No one at that time expected the kings of England to cease trying to increase their wealth and property while on the throne.
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"The support he gives to my grandmother is phenomenal," Prince Harry said in a documentary to mark her 60th year on the throne.
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ON APRIL 30TH Emperor Akihito (pictured, right) will step down as the head of Japan's royal family after 30 years on the throne.
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No, it's not who will ultimately sit on the throne or what the hell is going on with Bran — it's about his penis.
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King Bhumibol was the world's longest-reigning monarch after seven decades on the throne and was revered as semi-divine by many Thais.
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He marries the daughter of Edward IV, Elizabeth Woodville, and takes the throne and establishes a dynasty that's still on the throne today.
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The former group of countries increasingly wonders whether America is still entitled to and can be trusted with this position on the throne.
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That year is both the centenary of Edison's first recording and Queen Elizabeth II's silver jubilee, or first 25 years on the throne.
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Before he was crowned king in 1936, and during his short reign on the throne, Edward had been well-liked by the public.
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She needs to keep the army on her side — they helped put her on the throne, and therefore, they can take it away.
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Now, Oscar-winner Olivia Colman is on the throne as Queen Elizabeth II, taking the Emmy-favorite drama into the 1960s and 1970s.
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Queen Elizabeth II is the longest-reigning monarch in British history and has seen many historic events from her seat on the throne.
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He'd hidden himself in a cave near his kingdom and placed a body double on the throne out of fear of his enemies.
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"I also predicted that the wrong guy was going to be on the throne, so you shouldn't take her too seriously," Van Houten said.
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That being said, if Game Of Thrones ends with three women on the throne holding hands like a coven, I wouldn't hate that either.
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What to watch: Now the question is whether the Crown Prince maintains his hold on the throne as successor to his father, King Salman.
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Probably. In 1586, Mary was found at the center of the Babington Plot, a scheme to overthrow Elizabeth and put Mary on the throne.
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After more than six decades on the throne, the queen has cut back on international tours but still regularly performs official duties around Britain.
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The Jubilee Line, which is branded silver, was unveiled by her son, Prince Charles, in 1977 to mark her 25 years on the throne.
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The Queen made history on Monday as she became the first British monarch ever to reach a Sapphire Jubilee, 65 years on the throne.
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The country's beloved king, Bhumibol Adulyadej, whose 70th year on the throne was celebrated on June 9th, is 88 years old and gravely ill.
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Philip has been by the queen's side throughout her 65 years on the throne and she has described him as "my strength and stay".
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In Grimani's telling, Agrippina, thinking her husband (the Roman emperor Claudio) dead, is intent on placing her son (Claudio's stepson), Nerone, on the throne.
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After three decades on the throne, Michiko and her husband Emperor Akihito stepped down in April, accepting the titles empress emerita and emperor emeritus.
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"Can you imagine if no one ends up on the throne and they transition to democracy?" she previously said on the Yahoo News podcast Skullduggery.
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And she is in that role that she meets with every other head of state because she has been on the throne for so long.
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Aside from the quest for power, Lushkov notes that after the dust settles, the Wall will probably outlast whoever gets to sit on the throne.
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Burgundy had a court of great sophistication, but it was nearly bankrupt, and with a woman on the throne it faced incursions from pretenders outside.
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This has meant that the age of the kings has continued to rise — and their time on the throne continued decline — as time has passed.
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Taking back her rightful place on the throne proves more challenging than anticipated — Scotland is a mostly Protestant nation, and Mary is a Catholic queen.
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But, yes, I've heard that Gendry [pause] ... I think Joe just wanted to get on the throne and that's why he's putting it out there.
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Drake's devotion to a specific sound and perspective — the King in the North, in touch with his feelings and anxious on the throne — is unyielding.
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His killing of the Starks kicked off the rebellion, putting Robert on the throne and ultimately culminating in the events of the past six seasons.
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King Vajiralongkorn, 66, became constitutional monarch after the death of his revered father, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, in October 2016 after 70 years on the throne.
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In some ways, the death of the Queen, a nonagenarian who's spent 65 years on the throne, may come as less of an emotional shock.
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The question of who's going to sit on the throne and be effective as a ruler matters less than if they're powerful enough to survive.
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Historically, when a monarch sat on the throne and it sliced his or her flesh, that monarch was often believed to be unfit to rule.
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People all over Thailand are mourning King Bhumibol, who died at the age of 88 on Thursday last week after 70 years on the throne.
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Jon's talents would be wasted on the throne and should go to someone who's proven to have both the smarts and strategic mind to govern others.
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We'd bet big that viewers should keep an eye on the throne portion of the credits each week as this battle (and season 8) rages on.
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The king resigned on Sunday after just two years on the throne, the first time a monarch has stepped down before completing their five-year tenure.
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He also says the bank will support the Iron Throne once their debt is paid, not necessarily the current Queen, but whoever is on the throne.
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During his seven decades on the throne the king, who is seen as a unifying force, has intervened when events threatened to plunge Thailand into crisis.
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During his seven decades on the throne, the king, who is seen as a unifying force, has intervened when events threatened to plunge Thailand into crisis.
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The death of the revered king a week ago after seven decades on the throne plunged the country into mourning and heightened sensitivity about the monarchy.
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The widely venerated king died at the age of 88 after seven decades on the throne and the military government has declared one year of mourning.
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Prince Vajiralongkorn is expected to be the new king but he does not enjoy the same adoration his father earned over a lifetime on the throne.
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The King of the Belgians is Philippe, 55, who's been on the throne since his father Albert II, 81, abdicated for health reasons in July 2013.
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Audiences knew by episode five that a Stark would end up on the throne, but it was the do-nothing Bran who was the lucky winner.
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Queen Anne (Olivia Colman) is on the throne, loyally assisted—and exceeded in glamour, wit, and cunning—by Sarah Churchill, the Duchess of Marlborough (Rachel Weisz).
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"Take in all of the details of the card allowing yourself to get lost in it, see yourself as the priestess on the throne," he says.
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Under the Imperial Household Law, which governs the succession of emperors in Japan's monarchy, the world's oldest, women are not allowed to reign on the throne.
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Depending on which wife was on the throne, Mary was alternatively banned from court as a bastard or ordered to come make appearances, suddenly a princess again.
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During his seven decades on the throne the king, who is also seen as a unifying force, has intervened when events threatened to plunge Thailand into crisis.
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Thailand has entered a year of mourning and sensitivities are running high following the death of the revered king last week after seven decades on the throne.
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He was deposed in 1961 after just two years on the throne, then left Rwanda, which became a republic when it won independence from Belgium in 1962.
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Stannis may be gone now, but his nephew Gendry could, for example, step in to sit on the throne once the big names have all been eliminated.
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"I don't think he sticks to the narrow idea that only a male on the throne is acceptable," a friend of the emperor's recently told our correspondent.
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"I don't think he sticks to the narrow idea that only a male on the throne is acceptable," a friend of the emperor recently told our correspondent.
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He put in a chunky, high-performance MOMO steering wheel and made a custom horn button from a coin commemorating Queen Elizabeth's 50th year on the throne.
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It's that American coup that led to the 1979 revolution that placed an ayatollah on the throne and the rule of the mullahs still in power today.
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"The fact that a woman is sitting on the throne in our show at the same time the gender equality movement hit is a coincidence," he said.
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Next to letting Westeros be an actual tyrant-free democracy, it would have meant a lot to see a woman on the throne who wasn't mad or evil.
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When King Robert succumbs to injuries sustained during a hunt — thanks to the wine her cousin gave him during the trip — Cersei quickly installs Joffrey on the throne.
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It claims to be the oldest building company in the U.K., and traces its history all the way back to 21912, when Elizabeth I was on the throne.
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Meanwhile, in Britain, George III's bouts of mania invited questions about who is really in charge when the monarch is on the throne but out of his mind.
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She's certain that Claire's true purpose in the past is to thwart her efforts to put a Scot on the throne, thereby liberating her homeland from the English.
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In Mary Queen of Scots, Mary negotiates a different binary: That of steely queen and human woman, whose need for intimacy renders her place on the throne vulnerable.
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In the perfect horror movie scene -- she had to cover the vent in her bathroom because las cucarachas were falling on her while she sat on the throne.
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It's easy to see how this ending, with Bran on the throne, the geek inheriting the Earth, could represent a fantasy of ascension for other nerds like him.
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In pre-war days, the emperor was seen as divine, and the idea of a female sitting on the throne is still highly controversial in more traditional circles.
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Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn is expected to be the new king but he does not command the same adoration his father earned over a lifetime on the throne.
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The man on the throne in heaven is a dark-skinned, Aramaic-speaking "foreigner" who is probably not all that impressed by chants of "Make America great again."
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No wonder the military government seemed both irritated and flustered when in early January Vajiralongkorn, after just a month on the throne, asked to modify the draft charter.
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Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn is expected to be the new king though he does not command the same adoration that his father earned over a lifetime on the throne.
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The showrunners want to keep us guessing about who's going to end up on the throne, though for the moment, dragons really seem to trump secret, possibly unprovable bloodlines.
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But rewind for a moment and ask yourself, who's more important: the person who sits on the throne, or the person who puts him there and keeps him there?
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But if you really wanted to break the wheel of monarchy, to end the violent cycle of Westerosi house fighting Westerosi house, who would you install on the throne?
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The queen, who celebrates 68 years on the throne later this week, visited the Royal Air Force (RAF) base in Marham, eastern England, to watch demonstrations and meet trainees.
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Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn is expected to be the new king but he does not command the same adoration that his father earned over a lifetime on the throne.
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"We can say with considerable certainty that people are going to raise the issue of why women aren't allowed to serve on the throne," he told CNBC on Tuesday.
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We see his hairy man-ankles first, pants around his feet, and then full glorious view of him rocking and rolling on the throne, face planted in the screen.
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The only son of Ned Stark's that we know to be alive is Jon Snow, but he's illegitimate himself, so his own claim on the Throne could be voided.
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Not only does it make Jon officially Dany's nephew — the jury's still out on what she thinks about that part — it gives him a greater claim on the throne.
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If you are still confused, Lyanna was betrothed to Robert Baratheon and her kidnapping/ absconding was a major reason for the civil war that landed Robert on the throne.
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King Bhumibol Adulyadej's died Thursday, which has left Thailand in a deep state of grief for the man who has sat on the throne for more than 70 years.
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While it is often a man fighting for his female "consort" to join him on the throne, women have also competed for the crown, as have same-sex couples.
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As a musician, too, Mr. Byrne delights in confounding what you might expect from someone whose instrument had its heyday in England when Elizabeth I was on the throne.
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Even scenarios that foresaw others on the throne, like Sansa, Tyrion, or a Sansa-Tyrion alliance, posited that it would essentially be Jon's to give away to someone else.
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It was then that the fifth Dalai Lama was placed on the throne of Tibet by a Mongol khan, his successors becoming at least the titular head of state.
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While Prince William, as the elder brother, has been tethered to the notion that he will succeed his father on the throne, Harry has had to find another path.
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He is a puppet of the Iranians and therefore it seems an unlikely situation where Assad will be sitting on the throne and America's interests will be well served.
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During his seven decades on the throne the king, who is also seen as a unifying force for the country, has intervened when events threatened to plunge Thailand into crisis.
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After two seasons on the throne of The Crown, Claire Foy — who originated the role of Queen Elizabeth II — has officially passed the reigns (and the reign) to Olivia Colman.
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Edward's abdication (after which he was known as the Duke of Windsor) put his brother, George VI, on the throne, thus making the present Queen Elizabeth II the heir apparent.
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Naming pubs after members of the royal family has long been a British tradition and started as far back as the 14th century when Richard II was on the throne.
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The problem was not England's, where a woman of exceptional intelligence and stamina had been on the throne for more than 30 years, but it had long preoccupied thoughtful people.
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Emilia Clarke doesn't see Khaleesi ending up on the throne in King's Landing, but instead sees the Mother of Dragons (accompanied by some "beautiful men") hanging out in the Caribbean.
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In Britain, Queen Elizabeth II has sat on the throne for more than six decades, and royal successors in the Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, Norway and Spain are all young women.
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On the throne for a quarter century by now, Henry is a very human Big Brother, not without shame but bathed in self-pity, and reaching new heights of grandiosity.
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After Jon stabs and kills Dany (!!), Drogon is so distraught that he turns his fiery breath on the throne and destroys it, melting it back to nothing more than molten metal.
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But the action-packed events of this week's episode, "Beyond the Wall," demonstrate that the squabbling over who sits on the throne in King's Landing has only been a petty sideshow.
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Writing on the Federalist website in April, following the birth Prince William and Duchess Kate's third child, David Marcus argued that Americans should have no love for those on the throne.
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This could prove divisive in Japan, as the very thought of a female on the throne is anathema to some conservatives, who in pre-war days saw the emperor as divine.
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The three Thai players in the field, Pornanong Phatlum and sisters Ariya and Moriya Jutanugarn, all wore black following King Bhumibol Adulyadej's death on Thursday after seven decades on the throne.
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Each emperor's reign is accompanied by a name for his time on the throne, which goes on to become an important part of daily life and ends up defining the period.
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Varys's earlier statement that having a man on the throne would help unify the seven kingdoms — now the six kingdoms, given Winterfell's independence — seems to have been taken as a given.
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The prince's high public profile has caused many in the kingdom to speculate that he wants to succeed his father on the throne, displacing Mohammed bin Nayef, the current crown prince.
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The appeal of The Crown is this drama of stability and detachment—the story of a woman's 67 years on the throne, of how she passed every day of those decades.
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Most of us went overseas with a certain cynicism about our own country and often talked about American imperialism — and certainly America's role in putting the Shah back on the throne.
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Yep, we're talking about Yara Greyjoy (Gemma Whelan), the de-factor ruler of the Iron Islands — that is, until her uncle, Euron (Pilou Asbæk), returned and threatened her place on the throne.
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The royal family becomes the eternal background to your life -- particularly if, like the Queen, the monarch has been on the throne for 65 years, longer than most Britons have been alive.
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Well, by the rules of making satisfying endings, and to really get us to the "bittersweet ending" George R.R. Martin has promised, Cersei can't survive on the throne now we're expecting it.
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Its unique calendar is based on their reigns: 2016 is expressed as Emperor Akihito's 28th year on the throne, and when his successor takes over, the date will reset to Year One.
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Vajiralongkorn, 66, also known by the title King Rama X, became constitutional monarch after the death of his revered father, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, in October 2016, after 70 years on the throne.
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When James was forced to flee from London and William and Mary of Orange were invited to take his place on the throne, it marked the beginning of parliamentary sovereignty in England.
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The bottom line: Put these all together — scandal, retirements from public life, and a generational handover on the throne — and it raises a question: Given the opportunity, should Britain abolish the monarchy?
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During his five-hour visit to Bangkok, Tillerson signed a condolence book for the revered late King Bhumibol Adulyadej, whose death after seven decades on the throne was felt deeply in Thailand.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Sultan Muhammad V became the first monarch to abdicate in Malaysian history, cutting short his five-year term in an unexpected move after just two years on the throne.
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Akihito has carved out a role as a symbol of peace, democracy and reconciliation during his three decades on the throne, visiting wartime battlefields to pray for the dead of all nationalities.
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Even though the majority of us probably aren't destined to become a part of the royal family, Netflix's The Crown, inspired by Queen Elizabeth II's early days on the throne, still resonates profoundly.
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THE queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand (and more) is celebrating her 90th birthday today, April 21st, and notching up her 23,451st day on the throne in the process.
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You know, it's like you love all the kids the same – and so same with me trying to predict the ending or saying I would love to see this character on the throne.
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KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's King Muhammad V abdicated on Sunday, the palace said, after two years on the throne, the first time a monarch has stepped down before completing their five-year tenure.
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As Jackson once confided to me, Krause always seemed to need to go the restroom right before games, even though everyone knew that Jordan treasured his moments in there, alone on the throne.
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But in nearly three years on the throne, King Vajiralongkorn has not acquired the mass affection that his father, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, gained during seven decades of rule before his death in 2016.
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One night, he stayed late in the council chamber, brooding; the next morning, he was found dead on the throne, his arms slashed open by its many swords, his robes soaked in blood.
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Such a move would expand the pool of available heirs if the women were granted the right to head legitimate lines of succession, even if they could not sit on the throne themselves.
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Although he had no formal political role, during his seven decades on the throne, King Bhumibol was seen as a unifying force for a nation frequently troubled by coups and deadly political violence.
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D'Orléans's claim on the throne is based on the fact that Louis Alphonse's distant relative, Philippe V, renounced his rights to the French crown when he became the king of Spain in 1700.
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Ubolratana's announcement followed a long period of mourning for King Bhumibol, who died in October 2016, and as her brother establishes himself on the throne in preparation for an official coronation in May.
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The relatively new coach, which was built to commemorate her 60 years on the throne in 2012, is said to be a smoother ride than some of the other coaches in the Royal Mews.
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The song is named for Jenny of Oldstones who married Prince Duncan Targaryen after he left his position on the throne; the Mad King Aerys, aka Dany's dad, took the throne in Duncan's place.
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I hope I don't get this right, but I have an image of a White Walker sitting on the throne, the Night King, with his leg over the arm sucking on a Cuban cigar.
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But if history is anything to go by, whoever ends up on the Throne will probably have the Spider serving them — unless this latest piece of intrigue is the one that finally undoes him.
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Queen Elizabeth may have passed her forebear Queen Victoria's record of longevity on the throne, but there is something she can't beat — Victoria's position as the first British monarch to ever ride a train.
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There was never going to be a good way to end such a tale, as leaving anyone unilaterally on the throne would suggest that the chase for it was somehow worth it or justified.
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When he celebrated his 60th year on the throne in June 2006, hundreds of thousands of Thais lined Bangkok's thoroughfares to catch a glimpse of the monarch and to celebrate the milestone with him.
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Five years later, Elizabeth succeeded her father George VI on the throne and has ruled for the following 65 years, more than any other monarch in British history, with Philip by her side throughout.
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" It all started when Bryan, 38, (whose real name is Bryan Danielson) was playing with his and Brie's daughter, Birdie Joe, 2, and Nikki said, " 'Bryan, can you believe who's sitting on the throne?
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It seemed clear from Season 1 that he was conspiring to put a Targaryen back on the throne, but that doesn't necessarily mean Daenerys, who already showed signs of mistrusting him in Season 7.
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While no definite plan for an abdication has been confirmed, media have said it will likely take place in late 2018, which would mark nearly 30 full years on the throne for the emperor.
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Just in time for Queen Elizabeth II's 66th anniversary of being on the throne, Charlotte Tilbury has released a royal-themed lipstick set, and suddenly we know exactly how we're celebrating Her Majesty today.
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After more than six decades on the throne, the Queen has cut back on international tours but still regularly performs official duties around Britain, although she said on Tuesday she would reduce such visits.
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King Vajiralongkorn, 66, is also known by the title of King Rama X. He became a constitutional monarch after the death of his revered father in October 2016, after 70 years on the throne.
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And Kate played a stylish homage to the Queen's Sapphire Anniversary, which marks her 65 years on the throne, with pear-shaped tanzanite and diamond earrings with a matching necklace by G. Collins & Sons.
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In addition to the attack on Parliament, the men also planned to capture Princess Elizabeth, the king's nine-year-old daughter, and install her on the throne as a figurehead, restoring rights to Catholics.
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Jaime has no awareness that he should rightfully be sitting on the throne himself; the way he's going, he may not end up as king even if she dies and bequeaths him the damn crown.
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The remaining four male heirs include 10-year-old Prince Hisahito, the emperor's only grandson, raising concerns about the monarchy's future unless reforms to allow women to inherit and pass on the throne are enacted.
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Just one day after marking her Sapphire Jubilee — which makes her the first British monarch to reach 65 years on the throne — the Queen boarded a train at King's Lynn station in Norfolk on Tuesday.
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Thais continued to flock from across the country to the Grand Palace in Bangkok to pay their respects to the king, a beloved father figure who died on Thursday after seven decades on the throne.
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Though known for often off-color comments that seized the headlines, Philip has been by the queen's side throughout her 65 years on the throne and she has described him as "my strength and stay".
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King Maha Vajiralongkorn, 66, is also known by the title of King Rama X. He became a constitutional monarch after the death of his revered father in October 2016, after 70 years on the throne.
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Now it was time for the Dear Leader to replace the Great Leader as his son Kim Jong-il (hereafter referred to as Kim II, because, well, why not?) took his place on the throne.
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The search for the sport's next star is a perennial topic of conversation in men's tennis, with the so-called "Big Three" - Novak Djokovic, Nadal and Federer - maintaining their long-held stranglehold on the throne.
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Prince Edward became the first Duke of Cornwall and the Prince of Wales, but he was never king — he died, probably of an illness, at age 45 while his father was still on the throne.
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There is some irony in Philip, who has been by the queen's side throughout her 65 years on the throne, being considered a god by a primitive community thousands of miles away from London's civilisation.
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It was dubbed "the greatest love story of the 20th century" and Edward abdicated after just 11 months on the throne and ended up living in France, meaning Elizabeth's father George VI unexpectedly became king.
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The Queen, 90, who broke the record as the longest-reigning British monarch in September 2015, is now passing another milestone: She's the first to have a 65th anniversary — aka the sapphire anniversary — on the throne.
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Why Sansa Could Take The Iron Throne Of course, Jon Snow is the most "leader-like" applicant to sit on the throne, with Dany right behind him in terms of who deserves it based on birthright.
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The jokes were derived from a scene in the superhero film when the actor's character, Erik Killmonger, has seemingly bested Chadwick Boseman's T'Challa in a battle for the right to sit on the throne of Wakanda.
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The 96-year-old prince, also known as the Duke of Edinburgh, has been at the queen's side throughout her 65 years on the throne, and has regularly grabbed the headlines with his off-colour comments.
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The 96-year-old prince, also known as the Duke of Edinburgh, has been at the queen's side throughout her 65 years on the throne, and has often grabbed the headlines with his off-color comments.
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" As for any hopes of taking on the throne himself one day, the prince replied humorously that he could organize "the paratroopers to stage a coup at the Palace – after that we'll see how it goes.
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The idea of abdication has sparked opposition from Abe's conservative base, which worries debate of the imperial family's future could widen to the topic of letting women inherit and pass on the throne, anathema to traditionalists.
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When the bottle was set adrift, Grover Cleveland was the president of the United States, Queen Victoria was shortly to celebrate 50 years on the throne of England, and the Industrial Revolution was in full swing.
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Westeros also believes that Prince Joffrey was the legitimate heir, that Ned Stark schemed to take the Iron Throne for himself and that Renly didn't make a move on the throne until after his brother's death.
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The series focuses on the queen's early years on the throne, but it begins before George's death in 1952, when she was a princess leading a relatively carefree life with her husband, Prince Philip (Matt Smith).
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And however you feel about Bran ending up on the throne, the Starks going their separate ways, and Jon pulling a sneak attack on Dany, you can't deny the Game of Thrones cast gave it their all.
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His second verse on album opener "Ain't No Time" references what he had to get through to sit on the throne ("I did what I should had did/ survive through the trenches and look like a man").
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Empress Genmei (707 to 715) even put her daughter, Gensho, on the throne after her own abdication, thinking she would make a better monarch than Crown Prince Obito, according to Hitomi Tonomura, a University of Michigan historian.
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Some people believe the Bloody Mary was named in honor of the Bucket of Blood nightclub in Chicago, while others argue it was a somewhat frivolous reminder of Mary I of England's terroristic time on the throne.
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His own training started when he was 7 and joined the Chorister School at Durham Cathedral in Northern England — an institution founded when Henry V was on the throne and that this year celebrates its 600th anniversary.
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Experts on Thai affairs say with Prince Vajiralongkorn on the throne, the military may see itself as no longer the crown's junior partner and take the opportunity to play an even bigger role in Thai political life.
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Suggesting Sansa as the one to sit on the throne isn't a stretch since there's no way both Jon and Dany will actually survive to the end (neither will Cersei, but we'll get to her in a second).
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Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel tweeted a photo of himself on the throne as well, looking quite the king with the caption, "On my pointy couch, ready for tonight..." Turner gave followers a little behind the scenes action.
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Rotten Tomatoes score: 63%Summary: In the historical drama "Mary Queen of Scots," young royal Mary (Saoirse Ronan) returns to Scotland to claim her place on the throne and faces opposition from her cousin Queen Elizabeth I (Robbie).
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Her grandmother was on the throne for nearly 60 years, since the age of 10, when her father died (but not officially until her 18th birthday, in 1898.) She abdicated in 1948, and lived for another 14 years.
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When the shah turned toward his wife for political advice in his final year on the throne, his congenital suspicion toward her democratic views, unlike what Cooper writes, never really diminished—or his ambivalence about her political role.
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Malaysia has nine royal households, who typically take turns to sit on the throne, and the selection of the next king is decided by a vote in the Council of Rulers, made up of all nine royal households.
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For Qianlong to outshine his grandfather would have been viewed as immodest, reflecting poorly on the House of Aisin Goro, as well as on the throne itself; his abdication helped to preserve public respect for the imperial office.
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Maybe the Seven Kingdoms need to struggle along in monarchy for a while longer, and if they do, well, why not have an all-seeing demigod on the throne to flatly intone about tax policies and land usage?
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Akihito, 85, the first Japanese monarch to abdicate in two centuries, has sought during his time on the throne to ease the painful memories of World War Two and reach out to ordinary people, including those marginalized in society.
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But the stakes are suddenly higher when a foreigner who looks like them, Erik Killmonger (Michael B. Jordan), infiltrates their land and challenges T'Challa's place on the throne — and Wakanda's practice of avoiding Black people elsewhere in the world.
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By the time he's sitting on the throne and barking that "the sun will never set on the Wakandan empire," echoing the words of white colonizers throughout history, it's clear he's become the very monster he claims to hate.
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BANGKOK (Reuters) - King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who died peacefully on Thursday, was the world's longest-reigning monarch, credited with restoring the influence of Thailand's royalty during 21979 years on the throne and earning the devotion of many of his subjects.
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The elective monarchy is a recipe not only for weak governance while the monarch is on the throne, but for rounds of civil war, foreign intervention, and possible secession in the period immediately before and after the monarch's death.
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During the short, solemn ceremony on Wednesday in which the new emperor of Japan, Naruhito, 59, accepted the sacred sword, jewels and seals that signify his right to sit on the throne, he was flanked by just two people.
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To make it simple, in developing its Iran policy, the Trump White House should take into consideration the fact that the IRGC leadership's words and actions are on par with that of those sitting on the throne in Tehran.
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This holds true, especially if the world's "excellent foppery" — Edmund's wry description of the appearance-obsessed, superficial aristocrats around him — makes it a stage where reality can be easily manipulated by anyone, with or without a senile king on the throne.
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In some ways "Game of Thrones" is a dramatic presentation of Walter Bagehot's great insight about the British monarchy, that it thrived in a democratic age precisely because it humanised power by putting a family and its foibles on the throne.
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To commemorate the late King Bhumibol's 60 years on the throne in 2006, King Power sold 1 million yellow silicone wristbands imprinted with "We Love the King" and "Long Live the King," donating over $3 million to the revered monarch.
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With Jon Snow at the center of Westeros' greatest war and uniquely qualified to sit on the throne, let's take a closer look at the duo who brought him into this world and changed the course of Westerosi history forever.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Emperor Akihito, 84, spent much of his three decades on the throne seeking to soothe the wounds of war, reaching out to the those in need, and remaking the image of the imperial family into a "middle-class" monarchy.
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As soon as they made love, it appears the Mother of Dragons wants to immediately move forward with her plans of sending Worm's troops to fight against the Lannisters — which is obviously no easy feat, especially with Cersei on the throne.
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Next weekend will belong to "The Lion King," though, so this was Peter Parker's last time on the throne ... unless THAT many fans go back to the theater to try and catch all the easter eggs before the digital release.
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The Press Association news agency said Britain's longest-reigning monarch, who has been on the throne for more than 66 years, underwent the surgery, the most common operation performed in the United Kingdom, at London's private King Edward VII hospital.
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But it seems likely that the last time carbon dioxide emissions were as low as today was in the closing years of the 19th century, when Queen Victoria was on the throne and cars and electric lighting were cutting-edge curiosities.
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Of course, Prince Harry is not on the throne and is unlikely ever to become king, as he is currently fifth in line and -- with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge expecting a baby in the spring -- about to be sixth.
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Philip, whose official title is Duke of Edinburgh and has sometimes drawn attention with headline-grabbing gaffes, has been by the queen's side throughout her 65 years on the throne and she has described him as "my strength and stay".
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Meanwhile, after staging a successful siege on Riverrun, Jaime Lannister returned to King's Landing, took one look at his sister/lover sitting on the throne, and understood as well as the rest of us just how twisted things have gotten.
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This leads Bran to a couple of conclusions: One, Jon is the heir to the throne, and two, that the war that put Robert Baratheon on the throne was built on a lie — which makes Jon's claim seem even more legitimate.
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Cersei took over in the Season 6 finale, blowing up the city's Great Sept and most of her rivals with it — she was last seen seated on the throne as her twin brother and soul mate, Jaime, looked on with concern.
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No imperial males had been born since 1965 and after eight years of marriage, the emperor's wife, Masako, gave birth to a girl, Princess Aiko, spurring moves to revise the succession law and let women inherit and pass on the throne.
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At a time when would-be autocrats around the world are doing what they can to stay on the throne, the reigning master of their breed, Kazakhstan's Nursultan Nazarbayev, unexpectedly announced his retirement as president after a mere 30 years.
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There are several hundred royals in Europe who have more right to sit on the throne of England than Queen Elizabeth II, for example, but they are barred by dint of being descended from the Stuarts, a line of ousted Catholic English kings.
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And while Tyrion took some substantial hits to his CV over the past few seasons, it's clear he's better at the politics as usual from the first few seasons rather than the conquering military strategies required to put Dany on the throne.
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Philip, who is also known as the Duke of Edinburgh and has sometimes drawn attention with headline-grabbing gaffes, has been by the queen's side throughout her 22013 years on the throne and she has described him as "my strength and stay".
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Much of the tension here comes from the fraught relationship between Jude and Cardan, the fairy whom she put on the throne and who is under her control: They're fundamentally at odds, but there's an unsettling thread of romantic attraction between them.
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Though it pivots around the central plot question of what happens when a mad king sits on the throne, its main theme is existential: Lear's awareness of his own impending mortality is the terrifying fissure in his sanity that cracks his world in two.
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Given that Bran was actually in the shot alongside Jon, the show may have been hinting that the future crippled-turned-Three Eyed Raven was meant to sit on the throne from the very first episode, even if most eyes were on his brother Jon.
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BANGKOK, Oct 17 (Reuters) - A general election will take place in Thailand next year as planned by the ruling junta, local media reported on Monday, while Thais grieved over the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej who died last week after seven decades on the throne.
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The British monarch's 21707 years on the throne were marked by three major progressions: The development of the two-party Parliamentary system, England's involvement in the War of the Spanish Succession, and union with Scotland in 21710 (which is not depicted in the film).
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When she overtook her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria's record 63 years on the throne, she remarked it was not something to which she had ever aspired, and Buckingham Palace said she would spend Monday at her residence in Sandringham, eastern England, as was usual.
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King Bhumibol was an accidental king, placed on the throne of what used to be Siam at age 18 after a tumultuous period in which his uncle abdicated and his older brother, the next king, was found dead with a bullet through his head.
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Among those interviewed are a man called a "cuckoo," whose job it was to bow at the top of every hour, and another whose job was to place a pillow under the Emperor's feet to keep them from dangling when he sat on the throne.
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It will delight in Oprah and talk of gang violence, yoga and the shrinking habitat of the polar bear if that keeps it on the throne, and the new royal baby — soon to be the object of his own commemorative china — will gild the myth.
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Prince William had a particular interest, one person close to the palace said, because his younger children, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, will face the same predicament as his brother — unlikely ever to sit on the throne, but still highly-visible members of the family.
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The most plausible theory, that Snoke was a failed clone of Emperor Palpatine, got a boost when ol' Palpy's signature cackle closed out the first trailer for The Rise of Skywalker — but what other evidence is there for the late clone on the throne?
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From day one of Nick Viall's season of The Bachelor, Olympios pretty much instantly secured her spot in the canon of all-time most notorious Bachelor villains — and if The Bachelorette's Jordan Kimball thinks he's going to nab her spot on the throne, he's sorely mistaken.
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Some people don't like that Daenerys' (Emilia Clarke) storyline ended as a tyrant, or that Bran Stark (Isaac Hempstead Wright) of all people ended up on the throne, or that Brienne (Gwendoline Christie) wrote those things about Jaime (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) in the annals of the Kingsguard.
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That's where various courtiers make bids for her attention, or, failing that, the attention of the woman who has her ear: Lady Sarah, the Duchess of Marlborough (Rachel Weisz), who may not sit on the throne but who's made herself the functional day-to-day leader.
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The queen, who has been on the throne for 64 years, turned 90 in April but in keeping with a tradition dating back to 1748, she also has an official birthday, usually in June, to ensure celebrations take place when the weather is likely to be better.
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Saying she "was filled with deep emotion and felt nostalgic" that this would be their last year on the throne, she extended gratitude to the imperial couple who "warmly welcomed me and generous continued guiding me and watching over us," since her marriage to Crown Prince Naruhito.
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Nearing the end of his reign and faced with a more legitimate female threat to his son's inheritance—likely one of the many descendants of the earlier kings of the 18th Dynasty —Thutmose III set out to erase all memory of a woman on the throne.
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The queen was the first reigning monarch to travel on the London underground and the Elizabeth line is the second track to be named in her honour; the Jubilee Line underground line was given its name to mark her 25th year on the throne in 1977.
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Read more: Malaysian King Sultan Muhammad V has abdicated after just two years on the throne"I will never forget the romantic evening when my future husband confessed that he felt [sic] in love with me from the moment he saw me," she wrote on Instagram.
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I actually thought they were going to kill me off at the end of Season 3, so after reading the scripts for that season, I asked Dan and David if they had changed their minds and decided to put Shae on the throne at the end?
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So you take that history, and then apply it to the context of her arriving as an interloper into Winterfell about to find out that her boyfriend is actually her nephew, and, by the way, has more of a claim on the throne than she does.
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Here the cynicism and ugly politicking are impossible to ignore even for a moment, as Agrippina, wife of Claudius and mother of Nero, plots to place her son (Claudius's stepson) on the throne, while much of male Rome, it seems, including Claudius, tries to bed Poppea.
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Jane wound up the somewhat hapless victim of religious entanglements during the English Reformation, her time on the throne a mere 13-day interregnum between Edward VI, the first monarch raised as a Protestant, and the sanguinary rule of his half sister, the Roman Catholic Mary.
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Japanese Emperor Akihito, who has spent much of his time on the throne trying to heal the wounds of World War Two, intends to abdicate in a few years, public broadcaster NHK and other domestic media said on Wednesday, a step that would be unprecedented in modern Japan.
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And reverential: adorning a sweet-seller's stall in a buzzing market in Bangkok, Thailand's capital, are a dozen laminated pictures of the 244-year-old King Bhumibol Adulyadej who, on the throne since 263, is the world's longest-reigning monarch, indeed the only king most Thais have ever known.
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" 'Daenerys was right: King's Landing had to burn' [Vox] "The elective monarchy is a recipe not only for weak governance while the monarch is on the throne, but for rounds of civil war, foreign intervention, and possible secession in the period immediately before and after the monarch's death.
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Described as "the cleverest queen consort ever to sit on the throne of England," she was a political genius and huge patron of the arts and science – even leading the fight against smallpox by organizing experiments and, ultimately, using these to inoculate her seven children against the disease.
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Throughout her record 66 years on the throne, the queen has avoided commenting in public on contentious international affairs or party political issues, and the excerpts make no mention of the visit in July by U.S. President Donald Trump or the turmoil over Britain's departure from the European Union.
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The series follows Queen Elizabeth II's – played by Claire Foy – last years as a princess and her first years on the throne, including her wedding and the beginning of her marriage to Prince Philip (Doctor Who's Matt Smith) and her relationship with Prime Minister Winston Churchill – played by John Lithgow.
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After ousting Daenerys' own father and brother from power, Gendry's father, Robert of the House Baratheon, the First of His Name, King of the Andals and the First Men, Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, and Protector of the Realm, sat on the throne at the start of this very series.
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The war that led Robert Baratheon to sit on the throne of the Seven Kingdoms, that led to the squabbling tensions among the great houses of the country, that essentially built everything the series stands upon — all of it was based on the idea that Rhaegar Targaryen kidnapped Lyanna Stark.
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Alas, the monk seems to have successfully won over Margaery Tyrell and King Tommen, so instead of being torn apart by a mob or a military force, the lead zealot let the queen off from her walk of atonement, faced down the Tyrell army, and found a partner on the throne.
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And despite lack of evidence to suggest the Queen of Sheba sat on the throne in Ethiopia, the Kebra Nagast situates the land of Sheba as ancient Ethiopia and its powerful queen as the mother of its nation, a declaration written into the Ethiopian Constitution of 1955 by Emperor Haile Selassie.
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Built to represent Mount Meru, the center of the Hindu universe, it will embody the highest of Thai arts and architecture, with delicate towers adorned with images from mythology and from the life of the king, who died last October at the age of 703, after 70 years on the throne.
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Only after heading into the Stratford night, with all the other plays' characters hovering about, did I reflect that the Tudor woman who actually consolidated power and stayed on the throne long enough to name an age — and to patronize Shakespeare — was Elizabeth, the one we still call the Virgin Queen.
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The argument the show tried to advance throughout its run was that Dany's desire for the Iron Throne had caused her to lose sight of her larger goals — that the truest way to determine who should gain power was looking for someone who didn't actually want to sit on the Throne.
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The polls should be monitored by neutral observers such as the UN and the EU. South Africa will no doubt play a role in the transition, but it may not be a constructive one under Jacob Zuma—another ruler who tolerates grotesque corruption and wants to put his former wife on the throne.
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The decade of the 1970s was fertile ground for congressional resurgence in the wake of Vietnam, Watergate and what historian Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., in 1973, dubbed "the imperial presidency" (only after he had left the employ of presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, and President Richard M. Nixon was on the throne).
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The sport remains on the throne it's occupied in America for the past half-century, a multibillion-dollar business that dominates television ratings and is fed by a pipeline of high schools and colleges that have eagerly invested in state-of-the-art stadiums, high-salaried coaches and blue-chip prospects who draw crowds.
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Only when that ritual is complete will Thailand hold a full-scale coronation for his son, who formally ascended to the throne this month and whose designation in the Chakri dynasty will be Rama X. King Bhumibol, one of the longest-reigning monarchs in history, stayed on the throne for more than 70 years.
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That family, of course, would be hers, and when she finds out that Jon is also part of her family (and has a more legitimate claim to the throne, no less), the way she freaks out makes clear that this is so much more about her own desire to sit on the throne than anything else.
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In this week's issue, PEOPLE explores the story of royal women from the Queen — who unexpectedly found herself immediately in line for the throne when her uncle Edward VIII abdicated his duty on the throne in favor of marrying a twice-divorced American, Wallis Simpson — to the late Princess Diana and how she changed the monarchy.
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The first person known to have played the game was a highborn Roman who was fretting about whether he'd be chosen to follow his cousin, the emperor Trajan, on the throne; after opening the book to this passage— I recognize that he is that king of Rome, Gray headed, gray bearded, who will formulate The laws for the early city . . .
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Season 5 picks up a month after Quentin's death and follows his friends as they mourn him and move forward to deal with a host of new issues arising: Fillory is sexist now with a Dark King on the throne, surges of magical power are killing magicians worldwide, and there's a time dwarf who'd do anything for a ham sandwich.
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