Courtiers

Besides, who wants to entertain royal guests and courtiers in a place that smelled like a soggy alehouse?

One of the most frustrating occurrences, particularly for newer players, is losing heirs and important courtiers in battle.

And although his legacy remains controversial, Bolland was still one of the most important courtiers in the history of the Royal Family.

The entire cast goes all out to impress, showcasing a wealth of talent culminating in the final act which incorporates characters from courtiers to fairytale favourites.

The usual horizontal harmony of courtiers is missing.

When they do, courtiers flinch almost imperceptibly and change the subject or, if that's not possible, refer to them obliquely as 'persons who live overseas'.

Harry and Meghan believed ‘few inside the palace were looking out for their interests’ and felt that most courtiers could not be trusted with their sensitive information.

Her decision to focus her on those in the margins of society, including AIDS patients, reportedly rankled the queen, her courtiers and family.

However, the royal courtiers, realizing that Pratap, not Jagmal, was the rightful inheritor of the Mewar throne, physically removed Jagmal from the throne and asked Pratap to take his rightful place.

In the runup to the We’ll Meet Again speech, her finest hour according to Morton, courtiers knew it was a question of “when, not if” the Queen would address the nation.

On the second day Wednesday, Maharaj Kansa visited the town along with his minister, general and other courtiers on elephants, camels and horses.

The courtiers, the townspeople and the Emperor himself all keep up the pretense that the magnificent clothing exists, out of fear, Anderson writes, of appearing unfit for their positions or incompetent.

Trump and his sycophantic courtiers couldn’t pass Pandemic 101.

And she’s not wrong: Each day of entertaining Elizabeth I and her courtiers could cost as much as half a million pounds in today’s money (or $609,000).

In 2016 he celebrated Hanukkah with orthodox Jews from New York, his courtiers singing and dancing.

Courtiers would wear or hold these crests at enthronements, legal proceedings, funerals.

Elephant trumpeted, lions roared hunters, courtesans, courtiers, kings, queens and crones were frozen in the zest of everyday life.

The 15-year-old Nero (AD 54-68) began his reign amid predictions of a new Golden Age for Rome, but fawning courtiers encouraged his despotic tendencies.

The king himself fulminated on topics from gun control to trade tariffs, leaving courtiers scrambling to offer reassurances about his state of mind.

According to the chroniclers, the Abbasid caliph al-Mansur once asked his courtiers who deserved the exalted title of "Falcon of the Quraysh " (Saqr Quraish, foremost of the Prophet's tribe).