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Regius Professorships were created in the past when a university chair was founded or endowed by a royal patron.
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He was greeted by hundreds of schoolchildren as he opened the head office of Headway where Diana, Princess of Wales, served as royal patron.
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For a time, only two survived: the Lord Chamberlain's Men (named for its royal patron, the lord chamberlain Henry Carey, Queen Elizabeth's powerful cousin) and the Lord Admiral's Men.
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Team captain Ryan Jones was presented with the RBS 6 Nations championship trophy by Prince William, who was on his fourth visit to the Millennium Stadium since becoming Vice Royal Patron of the Welsh Rugby Union in February 2007.
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Lacking a royal patron, he created the position and the role of l'architecte du roi for himself, holding court, dispensing favors, creating reputations, masterminding moves in careers and construction, building prominently and expensively for wealthy and corporate clients -- and, above all, decreeing the next big thing.
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The Queen is the patron of The Royal Academy of Arts, which was founded by George III in 1768.
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No tax has been paid since 2007, when members of the club wrote to the Queen, the patron of the Royal Pigeon Racing Association (RPRA), and local MP Sir Alan Beith also raised the matter in the House of Commons.
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The expedition, of which the Duke of Cambridge is the patron, was in aid of the British Royal Legion.
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