At a late-night inaugural ball on Monday, President Trump, flush with his restoration to power, began waving a ceremonial sword he had been given almost as if it were a scepter and he were a king.

As the king assumed his seat upon his throne, "her Majesty ... monarchs accepted confirmation from Krewe members. The crown and the scepter received by the new queen were the same ones used ...

It left the country vulnerable to attacks from claimants battling for the prized English Crown ... late King. In 1057, Edward the Confessor had named Edgar’s father heir to the throne.

At a late-night inaugural ball, President Donald Trump, flush with his restoration to power, began waving a ceremonial sword he had been given almost as if it were a scepter and he were a king.