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Camilla missed the open-air arrival ceremony for the Qatari emir but was expected to attend lunch at the palace as well as the banquet.
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Catherine Nicholls, CNN, 3 Dec. 2024
The country’s late emir then annulled that parliament again and held an election for a new parliament, which now has been annulled with Thursday’s decision.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2024
Even as Tamim, the Qatari emir, criticized Israel for the civilian death toll of its war in Gaza, Qatari officials worked closely with the CIA and the Israeli Mossad to negotiate a release of Israeli hostages from Hamas.
—Yoel Guzansky, Foreign Affairs, 5 Jan. 2024
Read the story » Further reading: Last year, Heidi Blake reported on four other royal women fighting to escape captivity, including Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed Al Maktoum, the daughter of Dubai’s ruling emir.
—E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2024
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Catherine Nicholls, CNN, 3 Dec. 2024
The country’s late emir then annulled that parliament again and held an election for a new parliament, which now has been annulled with Thursday’s decision.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2024
Even as Tamim, the Qatari emir, criticized Israel for the civilian death toll of its war in Gaza, Qatari officials worked closely with the CIA and the Israeli Mossad to negotiate a release of Israeli hostages from Hamas.
—Yoel Guzansky, Foreign Affairs, 5 Jan. 2024
Read the story » Further reading: Last year, Heidi Blake reported on four other royal women fighting to escape captivity, including Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed Al Maktoum, the daughter of Dubai’s ruling emir.
—E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2024
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The Blue Mosque was built by Sultan Ahmet I, the Ottoman Empire’s sultan between 1603 and 1617.Rachel Davies, Architectural Digest, 12 Dec. 2024
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The sultan is the second-longest reigning monarch, following the late Queen Elizabeth II.Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 29 Aug. 2024
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Harry's case involves discussing highly emotional subjects, including the demise of his past relationship with Chelsy Davy, who the prince believes was driven away by the intrusion of the press.Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
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People who have publicly called for change or criticized the crown prince have been jailed or banned from traveling abroad.Aya Batrawy, NPR, 11 Dec. 2024
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That includes the Roman emperor (Mikey Day) performing a rap written by Lin-Manuel Miranda.William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 8 Dec. 2024
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There, Lucius and his fellow gladiators must mount a full-scale attack on a warring ship for the entertainment of thousands of Romans watching, including its unhinged sibling emperors, Geta and Caracalla (Joseph Quinn and Fred Hechinger).Manuel Betancourt, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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In both cases, the invaders found, hidden in a large room behind a hidden door, a stunning quantity of treasures representing the wealth of generations of kings.Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 5 Dec. 2024
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The Macedonian city was founded around 316 B.C.E. and named for a sister of Alexander the Great, the king of Macedonia.Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Dec. 2024
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Cookware This is something for the big-splashy-meal cook in your life—the king of the standing rib roast, the empress of the whole pig on a spit, the generalissimo of the hundred-person clam bake.Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2024
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Archaeologists subsequently uncovered a platform at the site with statue bases inscribed with the names of 14 Roman emperors and empresses.Patricia Failing, ARTnews.com, 21 Oct. 2024
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After undergoing a course of preventative chemotherapy, the princess returned to royal duties, helping to share the workload with King Charles, who revealed his own cancer diagnosis in February, and Queen Camilla, who has been intermittently ill.Sarah Young, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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The film is a rich tapestry of scenes in rainy, dark woods and golden interiors, like the warm castle parlor where Henry woos Katherine, the princess of France, played dazzlingly by Branagh’s then partner, Emma Thompson.Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2024
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By contrast, given Russia's dominant role in the CU, joining that group would transform Yanukovych into a satrap of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, whom Yanukovych regards as the avatar of Russian arrogance.Rajan Menon, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2011
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The quick collapse of the Soviet Union and its Eastern European satraps unsettled both nations.Christian Schneider, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023
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Khamenei on Saturday met with university students to mark Students Day, which commemorates a Nov. 4, 1978, incident in which Iranian soldiers opened fire on students protesting the rule of the shah at Tehran University.Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
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The shooting killed and wounded several students and further escalated the tensions consuming Iran at the time that eventually led to the shah fleeing the country and the 1979 Islamic Revolution.Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
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“Emir.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emir. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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