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Old 12-Nov-2006, 16:38
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Default Re: who has the power :)?
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Originally Posted by BobK View Post
[i]Also 'the power behind the throne' (in a monarchy).
I don't think it is confined to a monarchy. Originally it would have been (in medieval times) but I think it is widely used even in the absence of a monarch.
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