| ABDICATED | Left the throne |
| REMAINNEUTER | In 2.3, the Duke of Hereford encounters the Duke of York near Berkeley. After much discussion of sovereignty and laying claims to the throne, what does the Duke of York do? |
| PALACEWORK | Polishing the crown, dusting the throne and the like? |
| WHIG | Member of the English political party that opposed the succession to the throne of James, Duke of Yo |
| STEPHEN | Grandson of William the Conqueror who usurped the throne from Matilda (the Empress Maude) in 1135 af |
| EUGENIE | Princess who is eighth in the line of succession to the throne of the UK (7) |
| ETHELRED | King of the English who succeeded to the throne after his half-brother Saint Edward the Martyr was murdered. |
| GLORIOUS | The so-called ___ Revolution that resulted in the accession of William and Mary to the throne (8) |
| JUBILEE | The ___ Diamond, named in honour of the 60th anniversary of Queen Victoria's accession to the throne (7) |
| WHIGS | Members of the English political party that opposed the succession to the throne of James II (5) |
| ELDEST | Like the heir to the throne, usually |
| REIGN | Sit on the throne, which is wet by the sound of it! (5) |
| ERSATZ | Phoney monarch was on the throne, the least worthy character? (6) |
| SWEDEN | Scandinavian constitutional monarchy which in 1980 introduced equal succession rights to the throne for female members of the royal family |
| ABDULLAH | He ascended to the throne on the death of his father, King Hussein; King ... II of Jordan |
| PRETENDER | Peter has the right to end him claiming the throne (9) |
| MACBETH | The Tragedy of ___ tragedy by Shakespeare about a Scottish general seeking the throne |
| ACCESSION | Scion aces reform in the act of taking the throne (9) |
| NEXT | The eldest son is ___ in line to the throne. |
| OSLO | City that hosted the Winter Olympics 8 days after Elizabeth II took the throne |
