Sentences with phrase «heir to the throne of»

Only popular belief ties the split solely to a search for proper heirs to the throne of England.

Oedipus is perhaps the most famous example — the heir to the throne of Thebes was exposed to the elements as a newborn because of the terrible prophecy that he would kill his father and marry his mother.

So however you look at it, Jesus is the heir to the throne of David, both legally and spiritually.

We've already seen one of the gems in the fact that Jesus is the heir to the throne of David both legally and spiritually.

Or being the heir to the throne of England.

May it not be some sort of «pretender», whose claim to be heir to the throne of the queen of the sciences is actually false?

Being a citizen of Rome, or being a heir to the throne of the Roman Empire?

Replaced by a guy who's now a sweetly devoted husband (whipped, some might say), dutiful son - in - law, loyal friend, obedient errand boy — dispatched in this sequel to find the rightful heir to the throne of Far Far Away.

It all starts off pretty funny as Prince Charming (voice Rupert Everett), disgraced after a failed attempt to steal our hero's wife and subsequently becoming heir to the throne of the kingdom of Far, Far Away, is forced to relive his humiliation night after night in a dinner theater production (adding insult to injury, his dressing room is in the alley).

The story begins with Prince Charming (Rupert Everett), who was thisclose to becoming the heir to the throne of Far Far Away in «Shrek 2,» reduced to doing dinner theater, and getting heckled for his troubles.

Dungeon Siege 3 is a worthy successor to the Dungeon Siege Saga, and the legitimate heir to the Throne of Console Dungeon Crawlers.

This time around our lovable ogre Shrek (Mike Myers) sets course with his trusty sidekicks Donkey (Eddie Murphy, «Norbit») and Puss In Boots (Antonio Banderas) to find the heir to the throne of Far Far Away, Arthur (Justin Timberlake, «Alpha Dog»).

The Last King Rated R for violence and a scene of sexuality Rotten Tomatoes Score: 67 % Game of Thrones actor and Wyndham Hotels spokesman Kristofer Hivju stars in this Norwegian true story about a team of soldiers who, in 1206, try to save a baby from being assassinated when it is discovered that the child is the heir to the throne of the recently killed king.

Chadwick Boseman (42, Get on Up) stars as T'Challa, a.k.a. Black Panther, rightful heir to the throne of the fictional land of Wakanda.

He pulled off nearly the same Cinderella stunt for younger audiences with 2001's «The Princess Diaries,» with a career - making turn by a then -18-year-old Anne Hathaway as a clumsy schoolgirl who learns she is the heir to the throne of a small European country.

This Prince is the younger brother of another Prince (Chris Pine) that is the heir to the throne of the kingdom and the future husband of Cinderella.

For one, he is a God, heir to the throne of Asgard, armed with a mighty hammer that can only be wielded by him.

As the assumed heir to the throne of an unnamed Middle Eastern country, Nasir has recently approved a new drilling contract with a Chinese oil company in favor of the U.S. - owned Connex, thus threatening the pending merger between Connex and Killen, another Texas - based oil company run by executive good - «ol - boy Jimmy Pope (Chris Cooper).

Chris Hemsworth stars as the Norse god and heir to the throne of Asgard, an otherworldly realm ruled by his father Odin (Anthony Hopkins).

Being a long time fan of everything related to the King Arthur legend, I was anxious to read this story, which promised to be about the «heir to the throne of Arthur».

«Perry does a nice job with some plot twists, even if most readers will quickly discount the heir to the throne of England as a viable suspect.»

Discovering that this is the land of his birth and that he is the rightful heir to the throne of the Realm, a besieged empire in this war - torn world, all he really wants to do is return to his adopt

She was also heir to the throne of the Icemark.

You play Prince Noctis, heir to the throne of Lucis, preparing to embark on a carefree road - trip in order to hook up with his betrothed, Lady Lunafreya of Tenebrae, which will end in their marriage and cement a peace treaty with the Empire of Niflheim.

Prince Charles, heir to the throne of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, has praised his younger son Prince Harry for endorsing the received wisdom on climate change.

As heir to the throne of England, Prince William has garnered international attention for his entire life.

Not exact matches

A Cabinet Office spokesman said: «It has been established practice for many years that the sovereign and the heir to the throne receive the minutes of Cabinet meetings.

Understandably so: As the first - born of Prince William and Kate Middleton, little George is a direct heir to the throne.

This is in case there is an accident or any other terrible event that something happens during travel, at least one of the heirs to the throne is safe.

Jobson added: «William, after all, is the only person — apart from the queen and Prince Charles — on the planet who knows what it's like to be the direct heir in line to the British throne, and only he knows what is expected of him.

So it's no surprise that some savvy business owners are tapping into the heir - to - the - throne mania on both sides of the pond.

Rama was a prince of the Kosalas, eldest son of King Dasa - ratha and, as such, the heir apparent to the throne.

The full name is Charlotte Elizabeth Diana, but the «spare to the heir» — who is fourth in line to the throne after her big brother, Prince George — will be known as Her Royal Highness Princess Charlotte of Cambridge.

As heir to the 200 - year - old throne of West Africa's 19th - century Caliphate Empire, Abubakar is one of the most influential traditional rulers in the region.

The country America broke away from actually still has a current active law stating the heir to their throne can not marry a Catholic, or be anything other than a member of their state sponsored Church.

The death of his elder brother Arthur in 1502, when Henry was about eleven, made the latter the heir to the throne.

He is the heir to the throne unless of course Sanchez wants it.

With Danish counterpart, Viktor Fischer, ready to become the next star at the club under De Boer, Ajax will be able to cope without Eriksen should he leave and Fischer, the heir to his throne, can make a similar impact to what he has done at the club within the next couple of years.

The midfielder was supposed to be the heir to pass - master Xavi's throne, the fulcrum of the next generation of Barcelona's midfield.

His style of play is worthy of the title of heir to Iniesta's midfield throne.

But did you know that back during medieval times in the Middle Kingdom (the Chinese thought that their country was located in the middle of the world or something like that), concubines and empresses would switch babies without a second thought for male babies instead of female babies to increase their chances of having their heir ascend the throne and thus securing their status in the palace.

That threat is now emerging after today's judgment from Lord Neuberger, the culmination of a ten - year campaign by the Guardian newspaper, forced the prime minister to accept the government must now consider how to release the 27 «black spider» letters written by the heir to the throne in 2004 and 2005.

The heir to the throne should not be permitted any amplified voice because of his or her position in public life.

After all, it's not often that the heir to the throne is going to write to the chief executive of a development company who happens to be a member of the Qatari Royal Family to put the kybosh on a planning application.

Duchy of Cornwall is reserved for the eldest Child of the Monarch (As pointed out by Daria, for clarification, eldest surviving son of the monarch and Heir to The Throne).

Labour MP Paul Flynn is tabling an amendment to the succession to the crown bill which would allow the child of a monarch in a civil union to become heir to the throne — even if they do not share the same royal bloodline.

«For me, the mark of good government is not necessarily what you've done; it's what you failed to do... we should not flatter politicians; nobody begged them to come into office,» he said, adding that becoming a President was a purely voluntary decision, unlike royalty successions where heirs had a compulsory duty to ascend a throne.

It also allows heirs to the throne to marry a Catholic and ends the requirement for most members of the royal family to obtain permission from the Queen before marrying.

This makes me wonder about lines of succession and providing heirs to the throne in a monarchy.

The sole requirement for an heir to the throne (per the Act of Settlement 1701) is that they have to be «Heirs of [the monarch's] Body» and «such Issue to the Heirs of the Body», so basically the King / Queen's children and their subsequent offspring.