21.   The emir of Qatar, who ousted his father to take the throne, appointed his younger half-brother prime minister Tuesday and asked him to form a new Cabinet.

22.   The jewelry would not have been made until Nefertiti was queen, so it shows she had taken the throne by then, he said.

23.   The hard part is taking the throne.

24.   The queen had no brothers, so she automatically became the heir when her father took the throne.

25.   Two years ago, Rainier said in a newspaper interview that Albert needed to have an heir before he could take the throne.

26.   He was replaced by Letsie, who reluctantly agreed to take the throne.

27.   There was also some support for giving the crown directly to her grandson, Prince William, if Charles was deemed too old to take the throne.

28.   Today only the eldest son of the monarch may take the throne.

29.   Wednesday is also the golden jubilee of the day her daughter, the present Queen Elizabeth, took the throne.

30.   Letsie reluctantly agreed to take the throne in his place, at the insistence of his mother.