Alice next meets the White Queen, who is very absent-minded but boasts of ( and demonstrates ) her ability to remember future events before they have happened.

The Queen congratulates Sora for solving the mystery, and once again demonstrates her bi-polar personality by pardoning Alice.

Polybius ( 13. 6 ) in an account that either demonstrates the extent of Nabis's tyranny or Polybius's bias, tells how wealthy landowners were often summoned into his presence and forced to pay him large sums of money-those who refused were tortured, supposedly through use of a machine that resembled an Iron Maiden, known as the Apega of Nabis, made after his own wife Queen Apega.

In a typical example, expressing feelings of happiness to oneself from Night 203, Prince Qamar Al-Zaman, standing outside the castle, wants to inform Queen Bodour of his arrival.

Though loyal and supportive of her son, Queen Mary could not comprehend why Edward would neglect his royal duties in favour of his personal feelings.

As her duties as Queen clash with her feelings as a woman ( and she discovers to her fury that Dudley has secretly married her cousin Lettice Knollys ), Elizabeth faces her toughest decision.

Nature and the feelings of magical enchantment that come from it are commonly repeated themes, as is the theme of a fairy-like dancing maiden, often referred to as ' the Queen ', who seems to personify the seasons and the land.

After the divorce, the Shah, who had told a reporter who asked about his feelings for the former Queen that " nobody can carry a torch longer than me ", indicated his interest in marrying Princess Maria Gabriella of Savoy, a daughter of the deposed Italian king Umberto II.

These plans were in fact presented to her, but she declined: The Queen displayed a nobility in her feelings, which makes her deservable of a crown of honor and placed her above the pitiful earthly royalty.

Whether the association between Culpeper and the Queen was ever consummated is still debated by historians, but the letter seems to give evidence of Catherine's feelings for Culpeper.

However, well aware of Angus's feelings for Melissa, Rick rigs an election so that Angus and Melissa will dance together in the upcoming freshman Winter Ball as King and Queen, respectively.

Inwardly hating the cruelty he is forced to perform for his new Queen, he thus harbours deep feelings of self-loathing and self-despair.

Oxford, realizing that the law required the issuance of the writ, took the opposite view, for which the Queen never forgave him.

A new queen, with the prosaic title of Q3, had been planned for several years to replace the Queen Mary.

Their Majesties, The Queen of Carnival and The Queen of Comus, have jointly issued invitations for Shrove Tuesday evening at midnight at which time they will entertain in the grand ballroom of a downtown hotel following the balls of Rex and Comus.

On March 30, 2010, a spokesman for the Egyptian Culture Ministry claimed it had unearthed a large red granite door in Luxor with inscriptions by User, a powerful adviser to the 18th dynasty Queen Hatshepsut who ruled between 1479 BC and 1458 BC, the longest of any woman.

He executed important works for both the Queen of France and Mme.

Allison Peirson was burned as a witch in 1588 for conversing with the ' Queen of Elfame ' and for prescribing magic charms and potions.

The distinction of a Knight Commander of the Indian Empire was conferred upon him by Queen Victoria in 1897 ( and later Knight Grand Commander in 1902 by Edward VII ) and he received like recognition for his public services from the German Emperor, the Sultan of Turkey, the Shah of Persia and other potentates.

A passionate fighting-man ( he fought twenty-nine battles against Christian or Moor ), he was married ( when well over 30 years and a habitual bachelor ) in 1109 to the ambitious Queen Urraca of León, widow of Raymond of Burgundy, a passionate woman unsuited for a subordinate role.

Amazon preparing for a battle ( Queen Antiop or Armed Venus ), by Pierre-Eugène-Emile Hébert 1860 ( National Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C. )

The Dowager Queen Constance was anxious for her son's life and she escaped with King Ladislaus to the court of Leopold VI, Duke of Austria.

In order for the song to become the anthem, it had to face a vote between the Royal anthem God Save the Queen, the " unofficial anthem " Waltzing Matilda and Song of Australia.

In 1838, the Nova Scotia Baptist Education Society founded Queen's College ( named for Queen Victoria ).

Of his late works for the stage only two works gained wide popular esteem during his life, Palmira, regina di Persia ( Palmira, Queen of Persia ) 1795 and Cesare in Farmacusa ( Caesar on Pharmacusa ), both drawing on the heroic and exotic success established with Axur.

He wrote " The Princes of the Lost Tribe " and " Ancient Queen of Somawathee " for Menaka De Shabandu and Bridget Halpe's choirs, respectively, based on historical incidents in ancient Sri Lanka.

Examples include Edward Elgar's Great is the Lord ( 1912 ) and Give unto the Lord ( 1914 ) ( both with orchestral accompaniment ), Benjamin Britten's Rejoice in the Lamb ( 1943 ) ( a modern example of a multi-movement anthem and today heard mainly as a concert piece ), and, on a much smaller scale, Ralph Vaughan Williams ' O taste and see ( 1952 ) ( written for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II ).

The capital of British Columbia is Victoria, the 15th largest metropolitan region in Canada, named for Canada's Queen at Confederation.

In August 2010, Bardot addressed a letter to the Queen of Denmark, Margrethe II of Denmark, appealing for the sovereign to halt the killing of dolphins in the Faroe Islands.

New Crowns for Old depicts Disraeli as Abanazer from the pantomime version of Aladdin offering Queen Victoria | Victoria an imperial crown in exchange for a royal one. Disraeli cultivated a public image of himself as an Imperialist with grand gestures such as conferring on Queen Victoria the title “ Empress of India ”.

It was subsequently acquired by George III in 1761 as a private residence for Queen Charlotte, and known as " The Queen's House ".

Pausing for a moment he scribbled on the back of an old tavern bill a note addressed to his wife, Sarah: " I have no time to say more but to beg you will give my duty to the Queen, and let her know her army has had a glorious victory.

Blackadder II is set in England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I ( 1558 – 1603 ), played by Miranda Richardson.

Richardson is known for her role as a comedic Queen Elizabeth I, aka Queenie, in the British television comedy Blackadder II.

In 1999, Moss played a non-musical role in the British screen comedy Blackadder: Back & Forth, appearing both as Maid Marian and as a fictional Queen of England " who looks good naked ".

Lord Melchett's rivalry with Lord Blackadder is illustrated by such devious deeds as an ill-considered drinking competition (" Beer "), and Melchett's recommendation to the Queen that Blackadder be made Lord High Executioner (" Head "), a job which amounts to a death sentence for the applicant.

Despite ( or perhaps because of ) Melchett's toadying, the Queen has an undying affection for Blackadder and often ignores Melchett.

Blackadder's Christmas Carol shows Blackadder getting the last laugh, as he tricks both Melchett and the Queen into " autographing " a death warrant that condemns Melchett to be executed, and leaves Blackadder with all his property.

* In various film and television versions of the novel, The Queen has been played by May Robson, Ronald Lang, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Eve Arden, Jayne Meadows, and, In the 1999 Alice in Wonderland television movie, Miranda Richardson, whose portrayal is strongly reminiscent of her role as the spoiled Queenie in Blackadder.

Blessed jokes he almost starred in Blackadder II ( 1986 ) as Queen Elizabeth but he wasn't available at the time of filming.

In the 1980s, she made appearances in Blackadder opposite Rowan Atkinson: these roles include the Spanish Infanta in The Black Adder, Lady Whiteadder in Blackadder II and Queen Victoria in Blackadder's Christmas Carol.

" Queenie " is a caricature of the historical figure Queen Elizabeth I of England, played by Miranda Richardson in Blackadder II, the second series of the BBC historical sitcom Blackadder, which was set in Elizabethan England.

A possible early interpretation of the Blackadder Queen Elizabeth character was portrayed four years before Miranda Richardson's role.

The Queen, noting that Blackadder, " is being very cheeky ," decides to behead him, unless he has a gift for her.

In the episode's present-day narrative, Richardson portrays a Sloane Ranger Lady Elizabeth who is a friend of the contemporary Edmund Blackadder ; she is shocked to discover that Queen Elizabeth's crown fits her head perfectly.

Once Queenie's childhood nurse, by the time of her appearances in Blackadder II, Nursie is either senile or otherwise irreversibly stupid, but remains at court at the side of the Queen.

" Prince Ludwig the Indestructible learns of this and attempts to sneak into the party dressed as a cow in order to assassinate the Queen, but is easily foiled by Blackadder due to the quality of Ludwig's disguise, as the real Nursie's cow costume is entirely unconvincing.

The Ghost of Christmas Past gives Ebenezer Blackadder a glimpse of his ancestor Lord Blackadder at the Court of Queen Elizabeth, and Nursie also makes an appearance.

Blackadder is a courtier and favorite of Queen Elizabeth I ( Miranda Richardson ), here characterized as childish, spoiled and given to executing people for the slightest offense, or for no reason at all.

Blackadder and Baldrick land at the court of Queen Elizabeth I, with Nursie ( Patsy Byrne ) and Lord Melchett at her side.

The Queen, mistaking him for his ancestor, Lord Blackadder, decides to behead him for, " being very cheeky.