king

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Thailand's king endorsed the new cabinet of second-term Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, with the nephew of jailed ex-leader Thaksin Shinawatra made a deputy prime minister, the Royal Gazette said Tuesday.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

When David refuses, insisting on marrying his true love, the king demands a disgusting bride price.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026

"They're referring to me as a king. I'm not a king," he said in an interview with Fox News in October.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

But by the time Holbein returned to England, in late 1531 or early 1532, More was increasingly at odds with the king.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

“Don’t talk nonsense, silly girl. What would the king say were he to learn that you never really spun the gold, but bargained his child to this … creature? This little demon?”

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff