While the monarchy remains constitutionally secure, the past year has exposed deeper questions about accountability, cost and ...

Nearly two decades after Nepal became a republic in 2008—following a mass movement that forced King Gyanendra to relinquish power—calls for the monarchy’s return have resurfaced. Pro-monarchy protests ...

The monarchy is at a time of transition. The long reign of Queen Elizabeth II had significant family turmoil, but was largely a period of stability and continuity for the monarchy. There is now a new ...

Thousands of supporters greeted Nepal’s former king in capital Kathmandu on Sunday and demanded his abolished monarchy be reinstated and Hinduism brought back as a state religion. An estimated 10,000 ...

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A venerated tradition or a pointless expense? A symbol of continuity or a symbol of inherited privilege? Debates about keeping or scrapping the monarchy can become like arguments over religion. People ...

In a lengthy and detailed critique of Duncan McCargo’s memorable article on network monarchy Yoshinori Nishizaki, a Singapore-based political scientist, has mapped out marriage and kin relations among ...

There's always been a deep-seated rejection of monarchy in Greece, favoring accountable, accessible leaders over distant, ...

A monarchy is a type of government where there is a single ruler that supervises the events, decisions, and success of a given state. Even though most countries in the 21st century are democratic when ...

So what is a monarch? This leadership style involves one person, known as the monarch, heading the state or country. He or she takes charge of the country's leadership until death. They have a choice ...

The Prince Andrew scandal is threatening to bring down the monarchy, unless drastic action is taken to quarantine him from the rest of the royal family. That is the view of commentators and royal ...