power behind the throne

Example Sentences

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"But like any good power behind the throne, you really didn't see her hand that much, so no one really knew how powerful she was."

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"She was a power behind the throne," he adds.

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They are accusing Musk of being the true power behind the throne.

From Salon

She later said that Conservative-supporting newspapers had wrongly portrayed her as the power behind the throne, by suggesting she was more intelligent than her husband.

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Finding the "power behind the throne", as Hughes describes it, can be a complex business.

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