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As soon as he can, he will return to his realm to receive the genuflections of his subjects in a crownless coronation ceremony.

From Time Magazine Archive

In a full-dress Greek Orthodox service he made his uncrowned queen of 25 years the crownless Princess Elena.

From Time Magazine Archive

Robb, crownless, played with a wooden sword, and when all were safe asleep, she found Ned in her bed, smiling.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

Glaucous; leaves opposite, ovate-lanceolate; calyx globular, much inflated, elegantly veined; petals 2-cleft, nearly crownless.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

If they be in adversity, they'll learn280 Too soon the scorn of crowds for crownless Princes, And find that all their father's sins are theirs.

From The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry by Coleridge, Ernest Hartley