Royalists in a sentence

The Royalists marched to the west of England because English Royalist sympathies were strongest in that area, but although some English Royalists joined the army, they came in far fewer numbers than Charles and his Scottish supporters had hoped.

And instead of inflicting a decisive victory over the Royalists, they simply turn and run away.

Sir Ridley Scott’s latest offering, a biopic of Bonaparte, deals with the complexity with all the subtlety of an 18-pounder cannon firing grapeshot at the Royalists during the 13 Vendémiaire.

This of course has prompted the ire of royalists, who do not see such postures as impartial or fair.

All the while, they brace for an attack by anti-royalists.

But their luck ran out when Cromwell later attacked the Royalists at the Battle of Worcester on September 3, 1651.

Royalists young and old had spent the morning waiting for the couple, several wearing Union Jack fancy dress, so they could cheer as the royal procession went past.

The court case was the latest twist in a two-decade battle for power in Thailand that broadly pits a nexus of royalists, military and old money families against parties elected on populist or progressive platforms.

He was met outside by a huge crowd of pro-royalists, offering flowers, taking photographs and reaching out to touch the beleaguered monarch.

In fact it is even worse for us royalists, I should know since I am “Uwakwisano” which simply means “one from the palace”.

On Tuesday, clashes broke out in Bangkok between pro-democracy protesters and royalists.

When Queen Suthida’s motorcade slowed as it encountered a few dozen protesters jeering outside Bangkok’s Government House on Oct. 14, royalists denounced it as unforgivable harassment in a kingdom whose constitution demands reverence for the monarchy.

While royalists condemn such attacks, protesters complain of worse.

According to Effervescence Media, the readership for What Would Kate Do? is primarily made up of older women, many of them based in the US, who are traditional royalists.

A new Royalist offensive in late 1643 saw skirmishing around Farnham between Waller's forces and Ralph Hopton 's Royalists, but these brief incursions into the western fringes of Surrey marked the limits of Royalist advances on the county.

By 1793 the radicals were most active but at the start the royalists flooded the country with their press the "Ami du Roi" (Friends of the King) until they were suppressed.

Cromwell's suppression of the Royalists in Ireland during 1649 still has a strong resonance for many Irish people.

Five years after the beginning of the war, Ferdinand VII returned to the throne and began the Absolutist Restoration as the royalists got the upper hand in the conflict.

Forced to engage the royalists at Evesham, he faced an army twice the size of his own.

He attempted to mediate between the army and civil society, and allowed a Parliament which contained a large number of disaffected Presbyterians and Royalists.