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.

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It is true that before this crime, Richard was a conspicuously loyal lieutenant to the boy's father, his own brother, King Edward IV.

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Teik Ngan may try to look for a friendly party, perhaps a Malay businessman with ties to the government. (Tunku Abdullah, the brother of the current King of Malaysia, is executive chairman of MBf Finance and chairman of MBf Holdings and MBf Capital.) But many such bumiputra entrepreneurs already have problems of their own.

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The Hound is crude but sympathetic, a dog of war to be sure, but not so cruel or merciless as his brother or the king.

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He will be accompanied by Prince Seeiso, the younger brother of King Letsie of Lesotho, who first helped to foster Prince Harry's interest in Lesotho.

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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.

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Born in Massachusetts on Dec. 5, 1927, the King was educated in Switzerland before returning to Thailand after World War II with his elder brother, Ananda, who was then King.

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