Sentences with phrase «reigning monarch»

«The as - yet - untitled film will tell the tragic love story between imperial consort Yang, one of the four famed beauties of ancient China, and 8th century Emperor Xuanzong, the longest reigning monarch of the Tang Dynasty, who ascended to the throne at the summit of the dynasty's power and influence.

However, he does direct interested readers to the Victorian Dictionary website, which certainly does appear to be an extremely in - depth and fascinating resource for anyone interested in the Victorian period (which, at the risk of pointing out the obvious, refers to the reign of Queen Victoria, the longest reigning monarch in English history (1837 - 1901) whose reign coincided with Britain's great age of imperial and industrial expansion.

And now Emily Blunt has taken on Britain's longest - reigning monarch in The Young Victoria, which, more pointedly than any of its predecessors, ponders the postfeminist dilemma of how to find happiness in both love and work.

CNBC Meets» Tania Bryer speaks to HRH The Duke of York, second son of reigning monarch Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh.

But the warnings are unlikely to upset the historic visit, which sees the Queen become the first reigning monarch to visit the country since 1911.

Hooper listed several reigning monarchs as their customers and indeed were unrivalled in the excellence of craftmanship.

Built in 1882 by King Kalakaua, the palace housed Hawaii's last reigning monarchs.

This large octagonal structure is surrounded by four identical rococo palaces, one of which is home to the current reigning monarch, Queen Margrethe II.

And although it might have sounded ridiculous to say this halfway through last year when PUBG was more popular than oxygen, Fortnite is the genre's reigning monarch right now.

Battersea Park, London The theme for this year's fireworks display is «A Royal Night Out», to celebrate the Queen becoming the longest reigning monarch earlier this year.

I was not only entertained, but informed, by this film that highlighted this lesser known part of Queen Victoria's life, and how she began her role as the first constitutional and longest - reigning monarch of Great Britain.

At 5:30 pm today Queen Elizabeth will become this country's longest reigning monarch, finally exceeding the 23,226 days of Queen Victoria.

«Amazon has found a surreptitious way to bypass Apple and Google — the reigning monarchs in the smartphone world — with a gadget that has the potential to become a dominant force in the most intimate of environments: our homes.»

In addition to being the world's longest - reigning monarch, he was also the wealthiest, according to Forbes, which estimated his fortune at $ 30 billion — more than 100 times that of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II.

In 2008, as Jenna Jameson, then the industry's reigning monarch, announced her retirement at an awards show — «I will never spread my legs in this industry again,» she told the crowd — Ms. Clifford seemed to position herself next in line.

Steve Jobs boasted the attention to detail of a reigning monarch, as well as a genius for design and consumers» desires.

As Johnson puts it, «the nation as a psychical whole [has] its focus in the royal house and, at any given time, in the reigning monarch.»

Less than five years later, the Princess became Queen Elizabeth II on the death of her father George VI and now 91 and having reigned for more than 65 years, she is Britain's longest reigning monarch.

Currently, the reigning monarch is head of state, the head of the Church and holds the titles of supreme governor of the Church of England and defender of the faith.

More simply, he denied the king's claim of final authority and announced instead the supremacy of the will of the Lord, a law that bound the reigning monarch not less than his humblest subject.

Although Elizabeth is on the more popular side, this is for good reason: Elizabeth not only has a beautiful name meaning but it is the name of serval famous British queens including the original Queen Elizabeth (who reigned from 1558 - 1603), one of the most powerful female monarchs in history, as well is Queen Elizabeth II, who is one of the longest reigning monarchs and is still queen today.

The context for the meeting was, of course, Her Majesty's immensely successful state visit to the Irish Republic last year, the first in a century for a reigning monarch.

The prime minister has paid fulsome tribute to the Queen as she is set to become Britain's longest - reigning monarch.

Contemporary Nigeria has a class of traditional notables whose titles are tied to those of its reigning monarchs, the Nigerian traditional rulers.

The LBD has long been the reigning monarch of the dresses in our closet.

She did get past her early scandals to become independent of her mother and Conroy, to find love as well as a soul mate in her marriage, and to become the longest - reigning monarch, one who was much loved in her time.

Catherine of Aragon: Henry annulled the marriage but the Pope disagreed, giving Henry the final incentive to break away from the Church of Rome to form the Church of England, with him as head (the reigning monarch is still the titular head of the Church of England to this day).

Focusing on the years 1934 to 1961 - from Hemingway's pinnacle as the reigning monarch of American letters until his suicide - Paul Hendrickson traces the writer's exultations and despair around the one constant in his life during this time: his beloved boat, Pilar.

Eight New York Times bestsellers and more than twenty million books in print have affirmed Judith McNaught's stature as the reigning monarch of superb storytelling.

A settlement was established here in 1811 and named George Town after the reigning monarch of England at the time.

But, travelers should be aware that the country is in a period of mourning following the death of the country's King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who was also one of the world's longest reigning monarchs and a highly favored diplomat abroad.

This, though, can also be viewed as somewhat thematic; a reigning monarch often seems distant from the realities of day - to - day life, unable to see the true ramifications of their choices because they're focused on balancing out the bigger picture.

The reigning monarch of the YBAs saw a butterfly - painting diptych overshoot its estimate to fetch $ 682,338, a 1994 bull's - head vitrine go for $ 740,478, and even an edition of his grotesque self - portrait with a corpse's severed head, bluntly titled With Dead Head, double its low estimate to make $ 96,000.

As with any reigning monarch, state visits bring problems.

Historically, Queen's Counsel (or King's Counsel when the reigning monarch is male) have been awarded in the United Kingdom and some Commonwealth countries to senior members of the bar.

In this way, Amazon has found a surreptitious way to bypass Apple and Google — the reigning monarchs in the smartphone world — with a gadget that has the potential to become a dominant force in the most intimate of environments: our homes.