He wore his years lightly, though, cutting an almost regal figure in a heavily decorated fleet admiral's dress uniform.
The twitchy little man looked across the open deck, past the staring eyes of the crewmen, to the tall, regal figure of Captain Adjonas.
It suited her graceful, regal figure to perfection, composed as it was of shimmering stuff which seemed a mass of rich gold embroidery.
She was standing by herself, a quiet, almost regal figure, drinking coffee from a paper cup, thoughtfully absorbing the controlled chaos around her.
Fat Louis, as most Englishmen dubbed him, was not a very regal figure.
The regal central figure shows Califia dressed in proto-Mexican finery, holding a spear in her left hand and examining a gyroscope in her right.
Here she is a serene and regal eight-foot-tall figure that leans forward, eyes closed, arms outstretched, palms up in an attitude of spiritual surrender.
A regal figure in couture gowns, jeweled glasses, glittering earrings and, in her later years, a curly platinum wig, Hildegarde influenced a number of performers.
Charles was not a particularly regal figure, but then he never had been.
And a giddy nimbus of wannabes surrounded these regal figures and basked in their company.