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throne

noun as in chair of royalty

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A titanium throne sits at the head of the room, behind a sleek silver desk.

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At the time of the gift, Elizabeth's parents were the Duke and Duchess of York, before her father ascended to the throne as George VI, following his brother Edward VIII's abdication.

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Father told me he has been expecting this to happen ever since June, when Ismail Pasha, the khedive of Egypt, abdicated the throne and his son Mehmet Tewfik Pasha became the new khedive.

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The heir to the throne, Prince William, who had just returned from the COP30 climate conference in Brazil, was not present.

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“And you put a stake in the ground. People are showing up. I don’t believe in crowns, thrones. No kings.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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