After Baelor’s funeral, Maekar asks Dunk to serve under him and take his son Egg (Dexter Sol Ansell) as his squire, but Dunk says he’s done with princes after all this.
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Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
23 Feb. 2026
Britain’s King George V changed the family name from Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to Windsor in 1917, and initiated legislation to strike out the titles of princes and lords who had backed the Germans.
Once visited by emperors seeking clarity and samurai tending to battle wounds, these onsen remain cornerstones of Japanese culture.
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Kelsey Eisen,
Robb Report,
19 Mar. 2026
The voices captured on that wall belong not to emperors or senators, but to lovers, laborers, sports fans, and artists who left their marks in a corridor between two theaters, never imagining those marks would still be read 2,000 years later.
It customary for an air of mystery to surround the burials of drug lords in Mexico, something their supporters take advantage of to try to elevate them to legend.
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CNN Money,
CNN Money,
3 Mar. 2026
It customary for an air of mystery to surround the burials of drug lords in Mexico, something their supporters take advantage of to try to elevate them to legend.
Now the question is, what will the princesses do next to separate themselves from their parents?
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Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
17 Mar. 2026
Foxie, 49, has since expanded her collection and now plays with hundreds of dolls, including Strawberry Shortcake, Dora the Explorer and Disney princesses.
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KYLE MELNICK THE WASHINGTON POST,
Arkansas Online,
15 Mar. 2026
The exhibition showcases more than 60 objects made of silver, gold, enamel and precious jewels from several European monarchs and rulers to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem.
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Alyson Rodriguez,
Dallas Morning News,
19 Mar. 2026
That, however, is nothing now compared to the far larger incorrectness of the rulers of a significant number of the most powerful nations on earth.
My avocado toast arrived on cue as one of the queens executed a split with Broadway-level precision, inches from my table, and the room erupted into applause and screams of delight.
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Sophie Morgan,
Condé Nast Traveler,
15 Mar. 2026
Both of these queens have been bottom feeders throughout the competition, but there’s still no competition.
For generations, the Sea had been the lifeblood of the Karakalpak people, who lived as seminomadic pastoralists under various rulers, including khanates, tsars, the USSR, and now independent Uzbekistan.
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Michael Snyder,
Saveur,
11 Mar. 2026
Büttner, who is not Jewish, serves as one of 15 state antisemitism czars in Germany, which also has a federal antisemitism commissioner, Felix Klein.
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