Bonnie Prince Charlie
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Though the 1745 rising failed, the prince, Charles Edward Stuart, was immortalized in the popular imagination as a tragic hero, nicknamed Bonnie Prince Charlie for his good looks.
From New York Times • Aug. 24, 2023
Bonnie Prince Charlie spent the next five months as a fugitive before fleeing to France and living on the continent for the rest of his life.
From BBC • Aug. 17, 2023
Her family were ardent supporters of Bonnie Prince Charlie and had their estate confiscated for 17 years after the failure of the 1745 Jacobite rebellion.
From BBC • Jan. 25, 2023
Before she’s even met the little princesses, Crawford makes a comment about how “James II and Bonnie Prince Charlie lost their kingdoms.”
From Washington Post • Aug. 25, 2020
In choir we learn “The Skye Boat Song,” about Bonnie Prince Charlie escaping the genocidal English.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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