Sentence examples for closer to the throne from inspiring English sources

After all, you're one step closer to the throne.

The shutters have come down, and the public will now be unable to find out, for instance, whether his letter-writing has waxed or waned as he gets closer to the throne.

The likes of former Deputy Director-General Mark Byford, former Director of Vision Jana Bennett, creative chief Alan Yentob and the smooth former Controller of BBC1 Peter Fincham all once seemed closer to the throne.

Having endured a lonely and isolated childhood, a destructive first marriage and a complicated relationship with the public, the question is whether Charles can find contentment at last as he draws closer to the throne.

"She started out no closer to the throne than Princess Beatrice is now and for much of her reign she deferred to other people, her mother, even her old nanny.

Suddenly the crown prince seems closer to the throne.Some speculate that Mr Schäuble could stage a palace revolution, forcing Mr Kohl to go back on his pledge to run again.

The five executive vice-presidents and four more junior executive managing directors are considered too close to the throne.

At the same time, he alienated boyar groups close to the throne by his interference in his ward's marriage.

At the top of the nine medieval orders, still invoked today, are those who stand closest to the throne of God: Seraphim, Cherubim and Thrones.

Though he never secured the favour of Louis XIV, La Fontaine had many well-wishers close to the throne and among the nobility.

While the Tunisian military has historically had little interest in politics, the vast Egyptian army has hovered close to the throne of every president since Nasser.