"Thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head."

"And when they had platted a , they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before…"

"My crown is in my heart, not on my head; Not decked with diamonds and Indian stones, Not to be seen. My crown is call…"

"Within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of a king Keeps Death his court."

"ABDICATION, n. An act whereby a sovereign attests his sense of the high temperature of the throne."

"Obedience to a person, institution or power (heteronomous obedience) is submission; it implies the abdication of my a…"

"For me, it [being Queen] is a responsibility that does not include abdication. It is a task one has been given and ta…"

"No ruler is ever really dethroned by his subjects. No hand but his own ever takes the crown from his head... When he …"

"It would have been easier for me to make the great gesture of abdication. I would have been spared many a denunciatio…"

"When despotism has established itself for ages in a country, as in France, it is not in the person of the king only t…"