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Re:Pharo 9 by regularfry on Thursday July 15, 2021 @08:25AM (#27843937)
Yeah, the more usual wording is "given a free rein", which makes it a little clearer. A monarch isn't given their reign, it's theirs by right (well, with a bit of hand-waving. Or possibly sword-waving, but not since Henry VII).
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Re:Pharo 9 by rjsw on Thursday July 15, 2021 @09:53AM (#27844711)
The last English king to try to reign with no constraints was Charles I, it didn't end well for him.
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Re:Pharo 9 by Zuider on Saturday July 17, 2021 @04:42PM (#27868690)
James II entertained the same delusions as Charles of being absolute monarch. He had a kinder fate, being carefully allowed to escape twice on his journey to France.
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Re:Pharo 9 by pasc1878 on Thursday July 15, 2021 @08:33AM (#27843988)
For English kings you forgot William III
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Re:Pharo 9 by dash2 on Thursday July 15, 2021 @09:45AM (#27844605)
Actually I think the last king to go into battle at all was George II.
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