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The most dramatic ceremony was in London's Westminster Abbey, where English kings and queens have been crowned for centuries.
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Americans may be allergic to English kings, but look at their fondness for a line of Adamses, or Roosevelts, or Tafts.
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However, this does show the danger of giving into what might be called ransom demands, as English kings of the Dark Ages found out.
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Not only because they supplied a good number of English kings and queens, from William the Conqueror on, but also because Princess Diana died in a car crash in Paris.
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Durham's power and influence then grew as successive English kings gave the Bishop of Durham princely status, so he could raise taxes and armies to fight off periodic Scottish invasions.
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The Battlefields Trust said it was decisive in English history changing the line of kings from Lancastrian to Yorkist.
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The rider's partnership with O'Brien first took an English Classic in 1998 when King of Kings won the 2, 000 Guineas at Newmarket.
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French was the language of kings and diplomacy until the 20th century and now the French cannot swallow an English-speaking world.
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Centuries ago, when kings, emperors, and warlords reigned over much of the world, it was the English who first spelled out the rights and liberties of man in the Magna Carta.
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The NHL hosted two fixtures between the Anaheim Ducks and the Los Angeles Kings at London's 02 Arena in 2007, but French bemoans the fact the English capital is not represented in the GB professional league.
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