Sentence examples for considering abdicating from inspiring English sources

The announcement is a concession to the queen's age and a sign that Charles is taking on more and more of her responsibilities, but there is no hint that she is considering abdicating.

The Netherlands' Queen Beatrix, ranked 14th, is rumored to be considering abdicating in favor of her son, while the U.K.'s Queen Elizabeth, ranked 12th, plans to keep on ruling, thwarting the hopes of her son Prince Charles to get a shot at the throne any time soon.

At that low point, an opinion poll suggested that "seven in 10 Britons" wanted her to consider abdicating.

Philip never married again, and in the months after his wife's death he considered abdicating and assuming the kingship of the Holy Land as head of a consolidated crusading order.

According to Middle East Eye (MEE), a respected UK-based online publication, Sheikh Hamdan, the fourth brother, had considered abdicating and fleeing the country.

Amy, considering all she has seen and heard, takes control and uses Liz 10's hand to strike the "abdicate" button that disables the controlling device and allows the Star Whale to break free.

Though Zuckerberg insists Facebook is a technology company and not a media company, a narrative that allows the company to abdicate any obligation to consider this problem, Facebook will sometimes discreetly back down once the uproar dissipates.

In December 1909, a proposal to create peers (to give the Liberals a majority in the Lords) or give the prime minister the right to do so was considered "outrageous" by Knollys, who thought the King should abdicate rather than agree to it.

"I think in many cases that journalism has abdicated because it is facing very difficult challenges, many media have considered that the only way to conquer or retain the public is banalisation, or frivolisation of journalism "And this of course is very very dangerous.

Go-Toba was 20 when he abdicated; he was the consummate amateur, skilled at playing the lute, considered an authority on traditional learning and courtly precedent, excellent at playing Go, and fond of equestrian pursuits such as horseback archery, shooting at running dogs, and swordsmanship.

While in a referendum held on 12 March 1950 , 57.68per cent of the Belgians voted in favor of allowing Léopold III, whose conduct during World War II had been considered questionable and who had been accused of treason, to return to the throne; due to civil unrest, he opted to abdicate in favor of his son Baudouin I on 16 July 1951.