The 34.98-carat Beau Sancy diamond, the signature gem of the Prussian crown jewels, has made it through the last three turbulent centuries firmly in the hands of the House of Hohenzollern, the ruling dynasty of Prussia and, later, imperial Germany.
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Orville Vaughan, 52, of Allington Road, was sentenced at Swindon Crown Court after he was convicted of two counts of rape last month.
It sold a record 9.75 million vehicles last year, regaining the crown of world's No. 1 automaker from General Motors Co.
Potter had been jailed at Harrow Crown Court last week after admitting three counts of causing criminal damage and one of trespass.
The Serbian, beaten by Murray to lose his U.S. Open crown last month, converted all four of his break points and fired 12 aces in a near flawless display.
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At the title-deciding 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix it looked as though he had won the championship only for McLaren's Lewis Hamilton to pass a struggling Timo Glock on the last corner of the last lap and grab the four points he needed to take the crown.
Maccarinelli was confident of ruling the cruiserweight world before his battle of Britain with Haye for the undisputed crown last February.
The Crown Prosecution Service last month was sent the first set of files from police relating to the inquiries.
He says that the sale reflects the advice of the executors of the will of his great-grandfather, the last German crown prince, Wilhelm (1852-1951).
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Martin, 55, of Bleak House, Emneth Hungate, near Emneth, Norfolk, was found guilty of murdering Fred Barras, 16, of Newark, Notts, at Norwich Crown Court on Wednesday last week, following an eight-day trial.
According to a Crown spokesman, the estate's tenants were informed of the sale last week.
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Maccarinelli had claimed the vacant European crown last April by stopping Alexander Kotlobay in the first round of their fight in St Petersburg.
The Crown Prosecution Service called for a review of the rules on speeding ambulances last year following the case of the ambulance driver caught doing more than 100 mph.
Sprott, 35, won by a stunning third-round knockout when he met Harrison for the European crown in 2007, but the Bedford fighter has lost four of his last six fights.
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In February 2008, Wladimir beat Russia's Sultan Ibragimov to take the WBO crown - and his last fight was a seventh-round stoppage of former world champion Hasim Rahman in December.
But the Ospreys - bidding to be the first team to successfully defend the Magners League crown - are certainly hitting form as they have won six of their last seven games going into an important four weeks that could shape their season.
In a striking demonstration of this last July, the elder George Bush telephoned Crown Prince Abdullah to assure him that his son's "heart is in the right place" and that he was "going to do the right thing" when it came to the Middle East.
Last month, a jury at Portsmouth Crown Court convicted him of four counts of human trafficking and four counts of keeping a person in servitude.
Phillip Yates, 29, of Church Street, Birkenhead, was remanded in custody last month accused of theft and is due before Liverpool Crown Court on 20 January.
Guan, who started playing golf as a four-year-old, claimed the world junior crown last year in San Diego by 11 shots on the back of a flawless first-round 63, featuring nine birdies.
Last time New York held the crown as the billionaire capital of the world was in 2009, when the U.S. had five cities in the top 10: New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Dallas and Los Angeles.
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Dawson has been the man to beat for the last couple of years, but now Pascal has taken that crown.
Last week a friend of Lesley Howell's told Coleraine Crown Court Mrs Howell had told her of the incident months before her death.
After the verdict last August advocate depute Gillian Wade, then head of the Crown Office national sex crimes unit, hailed it as a victory for the new law.
The manner of the loss suggests the world champions have little chance of defending their crown and leaves them with a big task to make the last eight.
Crown, for example, has looked at "hundreds" of business plans over the last several years.
The 35-year-old, of Carbis Close, Port Solent, was convicted last month at Portsmouth Crown Court following an 18-month operation by trading standards.
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Gwent Police hosted a conference last week to raise awareness of disability hate crime, and the Crown Prosecution Service has established independent scrutiny panels to review case files on offences against disabled people.
Sunday will crown a new winner after the five-year reign of Jimmie Johnson (Stewart was the last driver before Johnson to win the title).
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The Japanese maker of the Prius hybrid and Camry sedan reclaimed its crown as world's top automaker last year, after losing it to GM a year earlier, when it was battered by the tsunami and quake disasters in northeastern Japan.
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