lèse majesté
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The only thing that vaguely approached an act of lèse-majesté against the head of the House of Windsor was the attendance of Mark Collins, the pastor of the First Baptist Church in Yorktown, Texas.
From Slate • Apr. 28, 2026
The legal art, or so I was given to understand, is so infinitely subtle that outsiders were committing a species of lèse-majesté to question Garland’s approach.
From Salon • Apr. 6, 2024
In 2020, protesters called for checks on the palace’s power, a rare challenge in a country where lèse-majesté laws can land critics of the crown in jail for up to 15 years.
From New York Times • Sep. 30, 2022
The palace has not commented on either of these lèse-majesté cases.
From BBC • Sep. 13, 2022
The Daily Mail describes the debate on the subject as a "gross waste of time," which seems to come perilously near lèse-majesté!
From Mr. Punch's History of the Great War by Graves, Charles L. (Charles Larcom)
