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quasi-royal

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Adj.1.quasi-royal - having the power but not the rank or title of a king; "one of the quasi-royal rulers of Africa"
crownless, uncrowned - not (especially not yet) provided with a crown; "the uncrowned king"


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Although Elizabeth was happy to let the Cecils bear the running costs of such lavish buildings (Theobalds had expanded to cover no less than five separate courtyards by 1585), James's covetous eye meant that Theobalds soon shared the fate of the other great quasi-royal palaces built by private individuals during the sixteenth century--Holdenby and Cardinal Wolsey's earlier York Place and Hampton Court--and was transferred to the crown in 1607.
The way in which Camilla was sometimes treated as a quasi-royal up to and including curtsies from the sycophants, but as a pariah for others, was ludicrous.
I suppose it is a sign of the couple's status as quasi-Royal family that a criminal might look at them with pounds signs in their eyes.
 
 
 
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