royalist
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Some royalist leaders, including Lord Capel, removed their hats before execution as a calculated appeal to the crowd.
From Science Daily • May 7, 2026
This is despite the great unease about its radical agenda in conservative and royalist circles.
From BBC • Feb. 8, 2026
He was executed the following year, and the war ground on for another decade until Agustín de Iturbide, a royalist colonel, switched allegiances and led the rebel factions to independence.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025
The royalist faction in England were essentially moderates, who believed in religious liberty, wanted global trade and founded the Royal Society to advance science.
From Salon • Mar. 15, 2025
He despised those American colonials who had fought against his England, yet he still chose to settle in Philadelphia, where he set up a royalist newspaper called The Porcupine's Gazette.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
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