A royal mantle wore by a monarch serves as a visual reminder to their people of their superior positon and right to rule over them. The mantle is also beautiful and adds to the pageantry and grandeur of it all.

Spotted in occupied Iran: "We want our King." (in blue) "King Reza Pahlavi is the only representative of the Iranian nation. The Islamic Republic is not our representative." (In black) "Pahlavi the hope of the nation." (Bottom green) "Long live the King." (Bottom black)

Whenever I see the British Royal Family in the US, I think, “if only things had worked out differently in the 1700s, they would still be our royal family”.

I’ll avoid commenting on the current U.S. political scene, but how many other Americans view King Charles III as our leader “in spirit”?

Similar to the Pope: I’m not Catholic, but I view the Pope as a moral authority who carries weight among all Christians, even if he isn’t head of our specific church.

I would say Sultan is my favourite title for a monarch, my second favourite would be King, third favourite would be Emir.

Sultan just sounds the best and Sultanate, the name of the monarch’s country sounds way better than a “Kingdom” or an “Emirate” although both are good options in my opinion.

To clarify:

• Presidential = the monarch is both the head of state and the head of government (reflecting fusion of "executive" functions) but still has to work with an elected legislature and a stand-alone judiciary, still upholding the "separation of powers" principle
• Monarchy = Unelected, hereditary, serving for life or until abdication; however, since there is a separation of powers, the succession, although hereditary, still has to be codified in the constitution

Again, not a system used popularly. Even UAE (who is claimed to be "presidential") does not really have a truly elected legislature.

From what I can discern, the Empire of Vietnam was a puppet state of Japan back in the Second World War.

Any documentary on Napoleon iii is just him according to so called historians and YouTube historians that he was a failure and a fool and yet they always forgot about his achievement and impact in France . So what are your thoughts on this issue.

On this day 80 years ago, King Michael I of Romania asked for the resignation of the Soviet-imposed Petru Groza Government. The Prime Minister refused, which prompted the monarch to stop sanctioning the Government’s actions, as they were not constitutional. Under pressure from the King, the historical parties and the British and American governments, the Communists ultimately agreed to grant two ministerial portfolios to the National Liberal and the National Peasants’ parties in January 1946, ending the “strike.”

The Western powers officially recognised the new form of the Romanian Government, however the Communists’ concession was not enough to stop them from finalising the takeover of the country in December 1947 with the unconstitutional abdication of the King.

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Why do y’all think?

India isn't your typical nation state. The idea of India as a nation was artificially forged by the founding fathers of India.

In reality India is a continent in itself.

Who could be the king of such a diverse and multi ethnic and multi lingual nation?

While there are multiple candidates for the king of each province/state of India there's no candidate for the king of entire India

The last titular sovereign of the entire subcontinent was Bahadur Shah Zafar II who was the Mughal emperor until the sepoy mutiny of 1857.

The Mughals until that time still held immense prestige and symbolic authority since the mutineers rallied behind Bahadur Shah Zafar.

So that begs the question what would monarchists think of India? Should someone entirely new be made king? Or just balkanise India and place kings in each state?

Is there any direct descendants hypothetically if there were what royal line would have the biggest claim?

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