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0Yes. I think in this context it would be used only when there's a descriptor between the article and the proper noun. I think it's just a compressed form, calling attention to the descriptor without having to give it a clause or a phrase - 01u00this02u00 time, common to news articles.02br
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0What was referred to in an earlier reply is an American style of speech, which, to be honest, seems to have been started by the t,v show friends, and has spread widely. e.g 'The Hoff' to describe the guy from Bay Watch, or 'How's the Ross today?' - using a person's name as though it were an abstract noun therefore denoting a universal concept believed to be assigned to or exemplified by a part

0I first heard it on Seinfeld: "The Drake"02br
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10Tell that to HRH, The Princess Anne. 05002br
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It would still sound more natural if 'The' was dropped...