Reflecting off of the thorns is a shadow of a modern crown "to represent the King of Kings, " said Mr. Burnett.
That kingdom included modern-day Belgium, and while the Belgians were Catholics, the Dutch were Protestants, raising the "problem of who would put the crown on the king's head", explains Mr van Bree.
Leaving the crown to one side also helped dodge the question of whether the king's sovereignty came from the people, or from God.
Such was the mechanism by which King Hussein of Jordan made his deathbed decision to pass the crown not to his brother Hassan, but to the present king, Abdullah.
Bringing Formula One to Bahrain was the brainchild of the king's son, Crown Prince Salman, an American-educated leader of the reformist faction within the regime and a lover of fast cars.
As president of the legislature of Massachusetts, old John rebelled against the British crown and affixed a signature to the Declaration of Independence ornate and large enough that King George III couldn't miss it.
Queen Margarethe of Denmark, Crown Prince Alexander of Serbia and Princess Katherine, the Grand Duke and Duchess of Luxembourg, King Harald of Norway and Queen Sonia also attended.
But in early 1999, just weeks before he died of cancer at the age of 63, King Hussein changed his mind about the succession and named Abdullah the crown prince.
As Willem-Alexander was sworn in as king of the Netherlands on Tuesday, the crown sat on a table next to him, along with the other regalia that make up the crown jewels.
On Saturday, Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg comforted victims and relatives alongside Norway's King Harald, Queen Sonja and Crown Prince Haakon in the town of Sundvollen, near Utoeya island.
It has been run by Crown Prince Abdullah, King Fahd's half-brother, since 1995, because of the king's ill health.
In 1996, Saudi Arabia's King Fahd handed over the running of the country to his younger brother Crown Prince Abdullah after suffering a stroke.
The judge at the five-day trial at Leeds Crown Court said Mr King displayed a "gross breach of trust".
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There are plenty of brothers left, including the current crown prince, Abdullah, who is expected to take over from the ailing King Fahd.
As the king's official representative, Albemarle would collect 15% of all monies made for the crown.
The 47-year-old Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn has yet to achieve the same level of devotion among Thais that his father enjoys, and some say the King has set an impossibly high standard to follow.
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