In this way he could defer his dethronement, but sooner or later the Opposition would "get" him, as it has recently made plain it would do.
For sheer theatricality, Valry Giscard d'Estaing's passing from the presidency in France rivaled King Richard II's dethronement in Shakespeare's play.
Egypt's pudgy ex-King Farouk, never a man to conceal his liking for girls, was busy beating down one of the most start ling rumors about himself to arise since his dethronement .