(Reuters) - Nepal's 239-year-old Shah dynasty became the latest monarchy to tumble on Wednesday, after its ruling Hindu royals were outmanoeuvred by a decade-long Maoist insurgency and displaced by a ...

For thousands of years, monarchies have risen, collapsed, and vanished entirely. Yet a small number of royal families have survived wars, revolutions, colonial rule, and modern democracy without ...

The disgrace of the former Prince Andrew has led some to question whether it’s time Britain abolished the monarchy altogether. Two experts make their cases in this week’s Debate. The list of countries ...

Reza Pahlavi’s popularity and Iran’s mounting discontent raise the possibility of restoring a constitutional monarchy, a secular, democratic alternative increasingly viewed as a stable path forward ...

The idea is to treat constitutional monarchy as a piece of political technology. A way of concentrating legitimacy in a single, recognizable figure while locking his power in a box. As this is written ...

Perhaps it’s the unfamiliarity with certain customs, or it could also very well be the fairytale-esque pageantry. But Americans are fascinated with the idea of royalty! With the recent coronation of ...

Lancaster University provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation UK. In a recent interview with actor Eugene Levy, Prince William stated that “change is on [the] agenda” when he becomes ...

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