Tudor Monarchs including Henry VIII are apparently "brought back to life" on Tudor Tours holidays.
Several deposed monarchs, including King Constantine and Queen Anne Marie of Greece, were also here.
Monarchs, including the Saudi king, have expressed support for Hosni Mubarak, fearing the loss of an important pro-Western ally and bulwark against Iran.
The street ends with the soaring verticality of St . Martins Cathedral, a Gothic church consecrated in 1452 that has tremendous historic importance — 11 monarchs, including Maria Theresa, were crowned there from 1563 to 1830.
It holds the tombs of 16 other monarchs, including Henry III, who rebuilt the abbey; Henry VII, who created the magnificent Lady Chapel; and Edward VI, whose early death led to the reigns of the sisters buried nearby, Mary and Elizabeth.
There is no shortage of fake royalty as various private organizations crown various monarchs, including King Antonio, who presides over the River Parade, and El Rey Feo, the Ugly King, at the Fiesta Flambeau.
It originally belonged to Bloody Mary (English monarchs, including Mary's half-sister Elizabeth, acquired most of their gems from pirates preying on Spanish galleons), though it found its way, in the course of five hundred years, into the capacious jewel box of Elizabeth Taylor.
In 1894 the royals were able to stage a famous photo-op of Queen Victoria with her son, grandson and great grandson, all of whom would be monarchs, including the newborn Edward VIII, though he lasted only 11 months, the shortest reign in history excluding the clouded story of Edward V in the Tower (1483), thanks to bad parenting and the abdication.
Christmas Eve was traditionally part of the advent fast period, and during this time fish was eaten widely, a tradition that carried on even after the Reformation: "Fish days were regularly promulgated by monarchs including the Stuarts, to stimulate the British fish trade," says food historian Annie Gray.
And he joined his fellow Gulf monarchs, including those of Abu Dhabi and Saudi Arabia, who loathe the Brothers, in welcoming Egypt's coup against the country's first elected president.The new regime also indirectly rebuked Sheikh Yusuf Qaradawi, the Islamist mentor who has used his pulpit on Qatar's state-owned satellite channel, Al Jazeera, to promote the Islamists' rise to power.
