If the monarchy is to survive the current crisis, the king had better make some friends.
Even Spain only became a democratic state after the Monarchy was restored after the Franco regime.
Now look at all those countries in Europe, which got rid of the Monarchy.
In 2010, a man was arrested for an inappropriate Facebook post about the monarchy.
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Such outright criticism of the monarchy, which has become widespread, itself marks a small revolution.
They're like a canopied box in which a member of the monarchy would ride.
It wants the monarchy to be subject to an annual budget, just like government departments.
Thailand's lese majeste laws are intended to protect the monarchy, headed by 85-year-old King Bhumibol Adulyadej.
Several parties also back a return of the monarchy, which was overthrown by Qaddafi in 1969.
That in turn, has left the monarchy more vulnerable than it has been in a while.
He says he meant no offence to the monarchy and was unaware of the law.
It was a measure of the islands' links with the monarchy stretching back to Queen Victoria.
The other is the likely impact of the princess's death on the standing of the monarchy.
On paper, the monarchy looks pretty safe: support for a republic remains constant at about 20%.
Some Kuwaitis even questioned the monarchy, whose ruling family goes back centuries in this region.
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His most recent case, in 2009, involved a critical essay on the monarchy in an obscure journal.
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In Jordan, the government has proposed one reform after another -- without ever curbing the monarchy's true power.
As a revolutionary who overthrew the Libyan monarchy, Gadhafi is said to regard the Saudi monarchy with contempt.
Professor Flint thinks the wedding of two regal twenty-somethings will buttress support for the monarchy among the young.
Behind closed doors, a spirited debate goes on over the fate of the monarchy when the king dies.
The monarchy, Parliament and the Church of England were fundamentally reshaped by him, and survive in recognisable forms.
The seat of the government and the monarchy, Madrid is the third most populous city in the European Union.
The monarchy denies this and blames unrest on the influence of neighbouring Iran, the region's biggest Shia Muslim state.
The Council holds the Institution of the Monarchy to be the highest social and political organ in the Kingdom.
But if the monarchy is to be retained, it must surely retain its reserve powers and its constitutional role.
The SNP used to hold that the monarchy would be retained in an independent Scotland, pending a popular referendum.
These same tribes are strongly represented in the government and security forces, and are the bedrock of the monarchy.
The justice minister, Pirapan Salirathavibhaga, for instance, has declared that his highest priority is the protection of the monarchy.
In Afghanistan, there is no popular movement for the restoration of the monarchy.
In practice the monarchy is an institution that is not fit for purpose.
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