Word: crowning
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Received Amir Saud, heir-apparent to the throne of Saudi Arabia, and gave the Crown Prince an autographed picture in return for a jeweled sword and dagger...
...informant said the ban had not been discussed in detail, but it would apply presumably to any aspirant to the crown...
...laurel crown has long been recognized as the traditional symbol of immortality-therefore, by this token, and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Council of Regents ... I do herewith pronounce Carrie Jacobs-Bond an immortal of the Memorial Court of Honor." He placed the crown on the bier...
...Mahdi sat quietly in his villa, watching his tame cranes and awaiting the results of his mission. In Cairo, diplomats, hard at work on an Anglo-Egyptian treaty of alliance, were deadlocked over the Sudan's future. Probable compromise: the Sudan would be formally placed under the Egyptian crown, but actual administration would remain in the hands of the British (who would lay the groundwork for eventual self-government...
...Daughters of Crown Prince Frederik, but under laws of the Danish Royal House they are barred from the throne...