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Another royal, UK-based Prince George Desmond Kamurasi, was initially considered for the throne but declined, citing other responsibilities, according to the succession committee.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

The late monarch died in August after 35 years on the throne.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

The Bayeux Tapestry records a much earlier chapter in Anglo-French relations, when King William of Normandy fought King Harold for the throne of England.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

Harry reportedly remains estranged from Prince William, his brother and heir to the throne, and William's wife Catherine.

From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026

My sister looked around and saw everybody casting glances at my dad, lying on his throne.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri

The ceremony then culminated with Mullally being seated in two different thrones.

From Barron's ● Mar. 25, 2026

On Friday Netflix aced out Paramount Skydance and Comcast to win this game of media thrones.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025

Foo Fighters fired its new drummer Josh Freese this year, just two years into his tenure behind one of the most coveted thrones in rock following the death of Taylor Hawkins in 2022.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2025

Farther up, another channel, ABP, turned for the second straight night to a program that made its intentions abundantly clear: “Who Will Become Prime Minister?” read the poster for the show, decorated with red thrones.

From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2024

And, at the far end of the shed, Billy saw pink arches with azure draperies hanging between them, and an enormous clock, and two golden thrones, and a bucket and a mop.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut

A hoarder of women, art, antiquities — and most of all, money — Getty also might have taken issue with Portia’s claim that mercy “becomes the throned monarch better than his crown.”

From New York Times ● Dec. 24, 2017

So Blatter is seeking to be throned for another four years as Fifa big cheese at the elections to be held in June.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 22, 2011

They have commanded knights and serfs, taken walled towns and sat throned among their armies.

From Time Magazine Archive

The spectacle of John L. Lewis on Organized Labor's pinnacle, throned on Coal and crowned with Steel, is not fantastic.

From Time Magazine Archive

A kingdom where kings are throned and dethroned daily.

From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds

Those preparations check with speed, Nor let my throning rites proceed.

From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin) Griffith

These kings sought to crown that semi-barbarous occupation of North Italy during two centuries by throning themselves in Rome, and making the Pope their vassal.

From The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII by Thomas W. Allies

On every side, where'er he came, He heard glad words, their theme the same, As in their joy the gathered folk Of Ráma and the throning spoke.

From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin) Griffith

How heartily she rained them on the Tuileries and the majesty of the imperial court, throning on high above an abject and trembling people.

From Four Short Stories By Emile Zola by Émile Zola

Whate'er the rites of throning need Placed on a car the way shall lead: The sacred vessels I will take To the wild wood for Ráma's sake.

From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin) Griffith