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The principality of Monaco has a long history of sport with two big events each year anchoring its place in the calendar—the Monaco Grand Prix (Formula 1) and the Monte Carlo Masters (Tennis).
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Daisy Shaw-Ellis, Vogue, 20 June 2024
The Furstenberg family ruled over their own country, and later principality, in the present-day state of Baden-Wurttemberg.
—Hannah Malach, WWD, 18 June 2024
In November 2016, for example, right outside the Kremlin gates, Putin erected a statue of Vladimir the Great, the tenth-century grand prince of the principality of Kyiv.
—Fiona Hill, Foreign Affairs, 25 Aug. 2022
The principality has been forced to change in the past.
—Thomas Buckley, Fortune, 21 May 2024
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Daisy Shaw-Ellis, Vogue, 20 June 2024
The Furstenberg family ruled over their own country, and later principality, in the present-day state of Baden-Wurttemberg.
—Hannah Malach, WWD, 18 June 2024
In November 2016, for example, right outside the Kremlin gates, Putin erected a statue of Vladimir the Great, the tenth-century grand prince of the principality of Kyiv.
—Fiona Hill, Foreign Affairs, 25 Aug. 2022
The principality has been forced to change in the past.
—Thomas Buckley, Fortune, 21 May 2024
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“Principality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/principality. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.
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