1.   The king assumed the throne when he was very young.

2.   And M.W. notes that if the royal watercolorist ever assumes the throne of England, he will be called the Artist Formerly Known as Prince.

3.   And now, eight months after assuming the throne of the Hashemite kingdom, King Abdullah II of Jordan has thrown his first big punch.

4.   But there will be no heir apparent to assume the throne of maternal mass media maven that Lederer occupied.

5.   The kaiser, who had assumed the throne only a few months earlier, was unscathed.

6.   The old king died, and a new one assumed the throne.

7.   What would become of the kingdom when Henry IV passed on to his great reward and Happy Hal assumed the throne?

8.   You were completely opposed to this until the time you would have assumed the throne and decided who would have been your successor.

9.   Charles is to assume the throne when she dies.

10.   His son, Sheik Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, assumed the throne within hours.