Sentence examples for abdicate their throne from inspiring English sources

Somehow, by taking over buildings and organizing rallies, those who ran the system would cave into student demands, abdicate their throne of power and a better system would prevail.

"This doesn't mean you abdicate your throne as their parent, it means you change your behavior to mimic that of a close friend.

A week after the first sanctioned rally, Nicholas was forced to abdicate the throne.

Unable to defeat Bolingbroke militarily, Richard reluctantly agrees to surrender and abdicate the throne.

He died in office in 1868, and only a few months later Isabella was forced to abdicate the throne.

Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, the oldest reigning Dutch monarch, will abdicate the throne to her son Crown-Prince Willem-Alexander.

"The King of All Pimps does not plan to abdicate his throne by taking a 5-to-10-year timeout in jail," he said.

In a television address to the Dutch people on January 28 , 2013 Queen Beatrix announced her intention to abdicate the throne to her son Prince Willem-Alexander.

TOKYO — For the first time in nearly two centuries, an emperor of Japan has said that he will abdicate the throne before he dies.

The victors demanded the king's abdication; when the army withdrew its support from Alfonso, he was forced to leave Spain (April 14 , 1931, though he refused to abdicate the throne.

Emperor Akihito of Japan indicated in a rare public address on Monday that he wants to abdicate the throne, which would make him the first Japanese monarch in 200 years to step down.