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the power behind the throne someone who does not have an official position in a government or organization but who secretly controls it. In his later years, the chairman's daughter was the power behind the throne. the power behind the throne someone without an official job who secretly controls an organization or government. The chairman's daughter was the power behind the throne for several years before he died. |
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As such she was a mighty power behind the throne, for no warrior had the confidence of Lorquas Ptomel to such an extent as did his ablest lieutenant, Tars Tarkas. Hence his later connection with the Foreign Office, which had, indeed, come to him as a sort of legacy from his lordship when that great man was the power behind the throne. |
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