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.
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.
This year’s Vanity Fair Oscar Party boasted a guest list including hundreds of A-list movie stars, business moguls across every industry, and one very anxious Twitch streamer.
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Abigail Sylvor Greenberg,
Vanity Fair,
20 Mar. 2026
Their clients were from a higher economic and social bracket—aristocrats, industrialists, movie directors, record moguls, rock stars.
Courtenay is one of 92 lords, out of more than 800 in Parliament, who inherited their seats.
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Lauren Frayer,
NPR,
21 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.
Everyone will have traditional costumes, and there will be kings and queens.
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Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
24 Mar. 2026
The wooden board is fabricated from curly maple and the knights, pawns, bishops and queens — all positioned as if a game has begun — are made of ceramics.
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