Your ancestors were the kings and the queens of the desert."

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What these kings do, these kings and queens is they get rid of these impediments to their authority.

这些国王和女王们,扫清障碍以巩固王位

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But then the Parliament were made really to run, but the Kings and Queens ruled.

但是，议会成立的目的是为了管理这个国家，而国王和女王是统治这个国家。

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