It's impossible for a big monarchy, for a monarchy in a big country.
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Unlike, say, the Spanish monarchy, the UK monarchy has an exceptionally powerful, and profitable, brand.
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But it really has nothing to do with the monarchy and "monarchy" doesn't end in ZED.
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Eventually the public regained its grip, and the monarchy — chastened and battered, but a monarchy nonetheless — endured.
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The National Alliance for the Restoration of the Monarchy, a youth organisation, optimistically uses the slogan "the monarchy will save Romania".
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Online campaigns have also cast Thanathorn as anti-monarchy, a serious crime in Thailand, where the monarchy is revered without question.
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So what she understood was, the monarchy could only stay the monarchy if it could justify itself on its own terms.
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Thailand has been a constitutional monarchy since a military coup — the first of many in the country — jettisoned absolute monarchy in 1932.
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"Americans are particularly interested in the British monarchy, it's not just monarchy in general," said Arianne Chernock, a historian at Boston University.
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After a bloodless coup in 29 replaced the absolute monarchy with a constitutional one, a symbiotic relationship developed between the monarchy and the military.
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After all, let us not forget the United States was founded as a rejection of monarchy in general, and the British monarchy in particular.
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Finally, we'd still likely be a monarchy, under the rule of Elizabeth II, and constitutional monarchy is the best system of government known to man.
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"The monarchy is a representation of national security so in the Kingdom of Thailand, we could not separate national security from the monarchy," he said.
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Even conservative estimates, like one putting the tourism value of the monarchy at £500 million ($768 million) a year, suggest the monarchy pays for itself.
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THE ANCIENT CHRYSANTHEMUM THRONE The Japanese monarchy is the oldest hereditary monarchy in the world -- records show the imperial line has been unbroken for fourteen centuries.
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The logic of monarchy is different, the logic of monarchy is that you need some kind of familial or mystical or even divine rationale for holding power.
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The military has long seen itself as the defender of the monarchy and it has over decades invoked its duty to protect the monarchy to justify its intervention in politics.
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An absolute monarchy, Saudi Arabia bans political parties and public forms of protest and has sentenced members of a civil rights organization who campaigned for a constitutional monarchy to decades in prison.
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"The monarchy is a contested institution and, while this is a private wedding, all major royal events such as this are used as PR for the monarchy," wrote Graham Smith, Republic's chief executive.
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So we might have a hereditary monarchy, but, by the way, [the members of that monarchy] don't get to go to Oxford and Cambridge anymore either because they don't get good enough grades.
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"The monarchy is the queen and in my view she is beyond reproach - there is a distinction between the monarchy and the royal family and everybody will readily appreciate that," Johnson told reporters.
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Boredom, not republicanism, is the real enemy of the monarchy.
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Lipizzans have a rich history linked to the Habsburg monarchy.
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For some this is a significant moment for the monarchy.
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THE world's oldest hereditary monarchy is not the British one.
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Its purpose is to protect the monarchy from defamatory statements.
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A few protesters have even chanted slogans against the monarchy.
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Thai society traditionally has three pillars: nation, monarchy and religion.
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If monarchy did not exist, nobody would invent it today.
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Electoral law forbids parties from using the monarchy in campaigns.
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Gavin Newsom, lieutenant governor of California We're not a monarchy.
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We gave blood to be free of the British monarchy.
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Here are 11 ways the couple is modernizing the monarchy.
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Here are 11 ways the couple is modernizing the monarchy.
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The Middletons have benefited from their connection to the monarchy.
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It served as the residence of Hawaii's monarchy until 1893.
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Without a monarchy, we don't have queens, as Europe does.
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Insulting the monarchy carries a long jail sentence in Thailand.
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"America is not a monarchy," she said people told her.
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The country is unique in its system of rotational monarchy.
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The crackdown by the Sunni Muslim monarchy was especially tough.
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This modernizer thinks the path forward is an absolute monarchy.
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"A lot of countries respect our monarchy," Mr. French added.
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That process of modernization of the monarchy was very important.
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Both men were stridently against the junta and the monarchy.
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Suddenly everything was up for grabs, even the monarchy itself.
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Here are 12 ways the couple has modernized the monarchy.
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Ultimately, the fate of the monarchy is difficult to predict.
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The bigger question is whether the monarchy has been damaged.
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Even so, support for the monarchy will probably be unaffected.
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A furious opposition emerged, known as the Yellow Shirts — yellow being the color of the monarchy — whose claim to legitimacy was that they, with support from the military, were the defenders of the monarchy.
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So [the U.K.] might have a hereditary monarchy, but, by the way, [the members of that monarchy] don't get to go to Oxford and Cambridge anymore either because they don't get good enough grades.
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Not easy to do in a monarchy entrenched in outdated protocols.
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In a society founded on monarchy and aristocracy, it was revolutionary.
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Respect for the monarchy is a fundamental tenet of Thai society.
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Popular opinion is difficult to gauge in Saudi Arabia's absolute monarchy.
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The idea was to relieve the pressure on the indebted monarchy.
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Richard is the government, because Aldovia's a straight-up monarchy, baby.
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A third cause for disquiet is the stability of the monarchy.
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It would jeopardize both his marriage with Elizabeth and the monarchy.
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Thanathorn denies being against the monarchy and all charges against him.
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The Gambia is less an Islamic Republic than an absolute monarchy.
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It is one reason why the British monarchy thrives and flourishes.
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It is an important source of legitimacy for the Jordanian monarchy.
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Then we may be witnessing the beginnings of a constitutional monarchy.
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This isn't an election, of course; this is a medieval monarchy.
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Journalists and activists criticise the monarchy, which puts them at risk.
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Central African monarchy that is secretly the richest and most technologically
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"We don't live in a dictatorship or a monarchy," Duckworth wrote.
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Trouble is brewing for the English monarchy — in 1956, that is.
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Although Thailand is a constitutional monarchy, the king wields much power.
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Monarchy is inherently static unless the people rise up in revolution.
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The new Constitution relegated the monarchy to a purely ceremonial role.
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"The monarchy for this country is a great thing," she says.
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That summer, a group of nationalist military officers overthrew Egypt's monarchy.
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After all, bin Laden's principal goal was overthrowing the Saudi monarchy.
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But lawmakers rejected him as a reminder of Iraq's failed monarchy.
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On Friday, we looked at how much maintaining a Monarchy costs.
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The Norwegian monarchy reportedly costs the state $72 million a year.
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The Democratic People's Republic of Korea is a totalitarian communist monarchy.
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Mr. Mouline is a historian of the Saudi clergy and monarchy.
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We step back and explain Australia's complicated relationship with the monarchy.
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The others were split between supporting the monarchy and being undecided.
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Take the English Civil War, which pitted the monarchy against Parliament.
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Russia was still a monarchy then, and Nicholas II still ruled.
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With Akihito's abdication, Japan's monarchy is facing a looming succession crisis.
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Why was an absolute monarchy weaker, in practice, than quarrelsome republics?
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Britain is a parliamentary democracy but is also a constitutional monarchy.
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Alexandria was seen as too loyal to the monarchy, too European.
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It also raised the question of the relevance of the monarchy.
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"We don't live in a dictatorship or a monarchy," she began.
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We live in a monarchy or we live under a dictatorship.
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Sir David Attenborough said the "Royal Family" was "killing the monarchy."
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They do not appreciate the important ideological reasons for a monarchy.
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"Like it or not, it will hurt the monarchy," he said.
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BANGKOK (Reuters) - Three Thai activists facing charges of insulting the monarchy have disappeared after reportedly being arrested in Vietnam, rights groups said on Friday, months after two exiled critics of the military and monarchy turned up dead.
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Although a long shot, if King Salman does replace M.B.S., he must transform the absolute Saudi monarchy into a constitutional monarchy with an elected government and parliament, who approve the appointment of future kings and crown princes.
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Thailand has a tough law against lese majeste, or insulting the monarchy.
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But is Tyrion's benevolent oligarchy an upgrade from the old monarchy system?
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The small, yapping dogs are a beloved symbol of the British monarchy.
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Adoration of the monarchy was useful in the escalating fight against communism.
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These amount to acts of sabotages against the country and the monarchy.
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The Economist: And so in your view, monarchy can encompass free expression?
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Outside, the capital rumbled from republic to empire and back to monarchy.
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In 2016 it is fair to question the value of the monarchy.
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She has to remember her duty to the monarchy always comes first.
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We don't have to root for the monarchy to root for her.
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And if not, the Gulf monarchy may still get that assistance elsewhere.
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In every developed-country monarchy the head of state's job is ceremonial.
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Unlike most democracies or republics, monarchy has the advantage of historical pedigree.
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When Markle married Harry, she became a new symbol for the monarchy.
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The wheel of monarchy broken and a new more democratic system established.
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As for Margaret, she's still struggling against the confines of the monarchy.
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The seizure represented the resistance against the Bourbons, the tyrannical French monarchy.
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Public debate about the monarchy is curtailed by the lese-majeste laws.
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Authorities accuse him of incitement to terrorism aimed at overthrowing Bahrain's monarchy.
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Just like the monarchy, drag can be a tough world to crack!
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Morocco has a deeply rooted monarchy, the Muslim world's longest-serving dynasty.
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You may have noticed this didn't work out so well for monarchy.
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Markle, who only joined the monarchy this spring, followed in second place.
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People who previously never thought about the monarchy are now embracing it.
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More lastingly, the weekend's events underline that Saudi is an absolute monarchy.
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He added that his father "believed in the monarchy" of Saudi Arabia.
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In 1992, a popular uprising ousted yet another monarchy-backed military junta.
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The emperor is a ceremonial but revered figure in Japan's constitutional monarchy.
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They dropped their support for the monarchy; in return, he accepted democracy.
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That example alone demonstrates that democracy is perfectly compatible with constitutional monarchy.
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Morocco has a deeply rooted monarchy - the Muslim world's longest-serving dynasty.
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It all has the effect of bringing the monarchy down to earth.
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The bronze statue is just one immovable legacy of the Thai monarchy.
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But it puts a lie to price-based criticisms of the monarchy.
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I worry that silent acquiescence bends our democracy toward monarchy, or dictatorship.
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If your aim is to signal deference to the monarchy, resist theatrics.
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By the time the monarchy concluded an armistice with Italy on Nov.
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Americans haven't grown up with this loyalty and deference to the monarchy.
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It is soccer's answer to that classic British compromise, the constitutional monarchy.
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It has, it should be admitted, just about worked (like constitutional monarchy).
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The royal family tree of Britain&aposs monarchy is enormous and complicated.
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But in many ways, North Korea still operates like a feudal monarchy.
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Be smart: As a quasi-government, Facebook is also an absolute monarchy.
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Republic is an organisation campaigning for a "democratic alternative to the monarchy".
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This episode highlights the relationship the British people have with their monarchy.
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We, Americans, claimed freedom: self-determination against tyranny, corruption, monopoly, and monarchy.
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As someone whose politics fall toward the left end of the political spectrum, I recognize that a 21st-century monarchy is an odd creature, and a 21st-century monarchy in a democratic country like Britain is doubly so.
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One who could help the British monarchy begin to actually reflect its people?
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However matters unfold in Saudi Arabia, the monarchy itself is likely to survive.
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The junta accuses him of running a radio channel critical of the monarchy.
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With Trump, there doesn't seem to be the traditional American skepticism of monarchy.
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She raised a woman who is revolutionizing the British monarchy as we watch.
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She's a palace-wrecker, the Duchess of Deceit, a menace to the monarchy.
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To the future of the monarchy and the British economy and the Commonwealth?
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The British monarchy is still — even if only symbolically — powerful and undeniably popular.
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That is no solution, however, to the problem of the incredible shrinking monarchy.
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Despite the relaxed atmosphere, the business of monarchy is never too far away.
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In February, Cambodia's parliament unanimously adopted the law forbidding insults to the monarchy.
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Thailand, with a monarchy manipulated by the elites, is a case in point.
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Japan is the oldest hereditary monarchy in the world, dating back 14 centuries.
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But Japan's leader is not alone in his desire to modernize the monarchy.
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"We are involved in modernizing the British monarchy," Harry told Newsweek in 2017.
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Each of whom seeks to operate like a "small monarchy" says Mr Omelyan.
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Bagehot famously warned, in discussing the monarchy, against letting in daylight upon magic.
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"You folks have heirlooms," he says of the British relationship to its monarchy.
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"The army will likely become even closer to the monarchy," Chambers told Reuters.
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"And it shows that institutions like the monarchy can evolve with the times."
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Forget about the monarchy lifting the ban on women driving any time soon.
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Since achieving independence from Britain in 1984, Brunei has had an absolute monarchy.
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Wallis Simpson, the woman who almost brought down a monarchy, has been told
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Since taking the throne, Vajiralongkorn has put a forceful stamp on the monarchy.
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It inspired the National Convention in Paris to be done with the monarchy.
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Remember, Kim Jong-un's regime isn't an elected government but a monarchy dictatorship.
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The imperial house of Japan is the oldest continuous monarchy in the world.
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By the late eighteenth century, monarchy had conquered most of the Western world.
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Cambodia's parliament unanimously adopted a law in February, that forbids insulting the monarchy.
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Despite successive royal scandals and crises, support for the monarchy has remained robust.
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The division monitors online content ranging from anti-monarchy content to fraudulent websites.
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When he decided to abdicate, support for the monarchy was below 50 percent.
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What's the relationship between this company and the Saudi Arabian monarchy right now?
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In 1946 the Italians, in a passionate referendum, got rid of the monarchy.
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" Jim Parsons: He's executive producing the comedy "The Monarchy Is Going To S***.
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The army has presented itself as the foremost guardian of the Thai monarchy.
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Prince Harry and Ms. Markle's engagement underscores recent shifts in the British monarchy.
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Everyone's suddenly cool with an extra monarchy for Sansa and no one else?
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Saudi Arabia's monarchy has long defended its heavy use of the death penalty.
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Opinion The British monarchy has always gathered fresh power when it is useful.
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The nearly 200-year-old monarchy remains a popular if largely symbolic institution.
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Naruhito is slated to become the 126th emperor of the world's oldest monarchy.
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Franklin persuaded the French monarchy to aid American anti-monarchists fighting for independence.
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Meanwhile, North Korea, a dystopian Leninist monarchy with nuclear weapons, terrifies the world.
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Then, after a series of political convulsions, the Spanish monarchy fell in 1931.
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Elizabeth, a young princess growing up in postwar Europe, defined the midcentury monarchy.
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The "outdated" old monarchy also produced a remarkably rich and innovative cultural life.
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Elaborately coifed and plumed, she embodied all the excesses of the French monarchy.
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"There's a complicated rapport between this country and the monarchy," Mr. Fourquet said.
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So I wanted to continue with this Mesozoic monarchy theme I had going.
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" Thailand's Electoral Commission announced on Monday that the "monarchy must remain above politics.
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This administration is more like a medieval monarchy than a modern nation-state.
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In London, you're free to discuss whether the monarchy is even necessary anymore ...
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Do the inner workings of the British monarchy affect me in any way?
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Future Forward was threatened with dissolution for supposedly plotting to overthrow Thailand's monarchy.
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They asked Benjamin Franklin, 'what do we have—a republic or a monarchy?
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During the revolution, by contrast, the central issue was the danger of monarchy.
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The point of the monarchy, she says, is to paper over the cracks.
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In 1979 Spain was a young constitutional monarchy seeking integration with Western Europe.
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The military's proxy party had campaigned on stability and on defending Thailand's monarchy.
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That's part of the paradox in how America relates to the British monarchy.
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Consider the French Revolution, before which existed a thousand years of absolute monarchy.
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Last Wednesday, 93-year old Mahathir (who has maintained an outspoken relationship with the monarchy during his past two terms as Prime Minister) issued an unveiled threat to the monarchy stating all Malaysians were equally subject to the rule of law.
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Since taking power in a May 2014 coup, the military, which sees itself the protector of the monarchy, has cracked down on perceived royal critics and has shown it is highly sensitive to any discussion of the monarchy and succession.
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The plaque, which celebrated the Siamese Revolution that abolished seven centuries of absolute monarchy, was removed from a square in central Bangkok and was replaced with a new one that heighten the importance of the monarchy, Reuters reported on April 15.
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Letters To the Editor: Re "Trump Is Exempt From Questions, His Lawyers Say" (front page, June 3): After succeeding in separating this country from an English monarchy, our founding fathers were very clear in creating a republic and not a monarchy.
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The Favourite is a film about power, and the monarchy, and sex, and women.
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He briefly advocated a return to monarchical rule and heads the Constitutional Monarchy Movement.
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Not one person reading this has ever had to rebel against an unjust monarchy.
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The Shiite majority population in neighboring Bahrain rose up against the Sunni-dominated monarchy.
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The monarchy that King Bhumibol rebuilt will not be the same under his successor.
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Official adulation for the monarchy endures, but in private King Vajiralongkorn is widely reviled.
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The European revolutionaries who animated opposition to absolute monarchy in 1848 bore populist traits.
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Except that doesn't exactly sound possible considering the extremely strict system of the monarchy.
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The monarchy, another stronghold of conservatism, has been encouraging the wearing of period costume.
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It's less a company with an executive vacancy than a monarchy without an heir.
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"We had a monarchy, but now we have thousands of little monarchs," he says.
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It will soon be as old hat as absolute monarchy seems to us today.
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They were charged on Wednesday with insulting the revered monarchy in private Facebook messages.
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Thailand has lese-majeste laws that impose long prison terms for insulting the monarchy.
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To be a Black mother in the British monarchy will be no easy feat.
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This was a big scandal at the time and almost brought down the monarchy.
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Australia is a constitutional monarchy, a legacy of its origins as a British colony.
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It is undeniable that the Thai monarchy is a pillar of stability in Thailand.
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Let somebody else be the embarrassingly profligate relative that makes the monarchy look bad.
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Was the monarchy threatened with a coup, or was it a pre-emptive initiative?
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That attempt at Kurdish statehood ended with a bloody crackdown by the Iranian monarchy.
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The kingdom is an absolute monarchy where public protests and political parties are banned.
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We should go back to a monarchy and not have any elections at all.
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And the military-backed government says the law is needed to protect the monarchy.
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But the king retains most executive authority and no party openly challenges the monarchy.
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It is currently the oldest hereditary monarchy in the world, dating back fourteen centuries.
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He wanted to bring an elective monarchy and restore non-titled aristocracy to America.
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But in the Saudi monarchy, as in the Islamic State, these views are unthinkable.
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He is prime minister, not president; as a constitutional monarchy, Japan has no president.
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He returned in September 1961, in disguise, just before a referendum on the monarchy.
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At last, the symbol of a detested monarchy lay in pieces on the ground.
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It was an independent monarchy at that time; it was not under British rule.
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His father was a member of Parliament from Ghazni Province during the Afghan monarchy.
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If we had a monarchy, we'd be stuck with the Trump line for centuries.
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Later, as postwar Romania slipped into communism, Michael strove to preserve its constitutional monarchy.
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His son Naruhito will be installed atop the world's oldest monarchy the next day.
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Some predicted she would help modernize the monarchy, and perhaps even the nation itself.
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The incoming empress, Masako, was once a symbol of potential change in the monarchy.
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María Aguilar, a resident of Valldemossa, said she had voted to remove the monarchy.
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The British monarchy is set to stage its next royal wedding — starring an American.
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It has to sustain that, because that's what the constitutional monarchy is all about.
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The new emperor formally declared his ascension to the world's oldest monarchy on Tuesday.
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I am a political scientist and have long been critical of the Thai monarchy.
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Reuters revealed how it evolved into a tool for the monarchy to quash dissent.
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The royal family tree of Britain&aposs monarchy is quite a thing to behold.
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The chaos has opened a debate about the future of the monarchy in Britain.
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Still, that monarchy is far from being the richest royal family in the world.
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Absolute monarchy ended 86 years ago but the crown remains highly revered and influential.
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Saudi Arabia is a monarchy ruled according to a strict interpretation of Islamic law.
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When crafting the Constitution, the founders feared the return of a monarchy in America.
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Real Salt Lake joined the league without any tangible link to the Spanish monarchy.
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There have been 85033 successful ones since the absolute monarchy was abolished in 1932.
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In The Crown, the inherently undemocratic monarchy is a tool used to protect democracy.
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And for a monarchy that's had a century of P.R. disasters, that's saying something.
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Before the British, the Burmese monarchy plundered the kingdom of Arakan, modern-day Rakhine.
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The monarchy completely goes by young people who lack of a sense of history.
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Well, not monarchy specifically, but some kind of nondemocratic system with rule-driven succession.
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Correction: Queen Amidala is technically elected and, thus, not the leader of a monarchy.
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Authorities on Saturday detained an activist attempting to mark a 1932 revolution that ended absolute monarchy, a development celebrated by pro-democracy activists but which has become increasingly taboo under the junta, which has taken a tough stand against critics of the monarchy.
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It is the second monument to constitutional monarchy to disappear under the military junta that has run Thailand since 2014: in 2017 a plaque celebrating the abolition of absolute monarchy in 20173 was mysteriously replaced with one extolling loyalty to the king.
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Such customs emphasize not only the "lineage and the tradition but also the longevity of the monarchy that it continues seamlessly on," says Maclaran, who is the co-author, with Cele C. Otnes, of Royal Fever: The British Monarchy in Consumer Culture.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Queen Elizabeth is beyond reproach but there is a distinction between the monarchy and the rest of the royal family, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday when asked if the monarchy was beyond reproach after the scandal involving Prince Andrew.
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While protesters cry for the restoration of the monarchy, regime insiders mull a military takeover.
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The British monarchy had to implement a 21st century solution to a very antiquated problem.
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Church in France along with the monarchy, and was enshrined in the 1905 law on
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The monarchy he's created for himself has more to do with the message than madness.
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One redditor thinks Game of Thrones is one long allegory about the destruction of monarchy.
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Instead, it came from an unnamed Middle Eastern monarchy, later revealed to be Saudi Arabia.
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"The monarchy is too fragile," Elizabeth tells Philip in a new trailer for Season 2.
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Baby Sussex will be the first (publicly acknowledged) biracial baby born into the British monarchy.
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The state of Hawaii was once home to a historic monarchy, Royal House of Kawānanakoa.
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In 19300 it was the capital of the Habsburg monarchy, a polyglot, fairly liberal empire.
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Greenwich Park is one of the Royal Parks, meaning it originally belonged to the monarchy.
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Several different tendencies can be detected among the kingdom's religious scholars, who underpin the monarchy.
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Insulting the monarchy is against the law, punished by up to 15 years in prison.
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The junta has previously accused dissidents there of making death threats and insulting the monarchy.
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The spectacle spoke of Europe and France, old and new, the monarchy and the republic.
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It was one in a long series of assaults on critics of the Saudi monarchy.
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Thai minister calls for 'social measures' against monarchy critics Where does the law come from?
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The dignified branch consists of the monarchy, and Parliament when it is engaged in ceremony.
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These photographs are indicative of the uneasy relationship between the British and the Benin monarchy.
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Exiled critics of the monarchy and their foreign defenders are also in the junta's sights.
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A law prohibiting criticism of the monarchy has often been the basis for such requests.
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Numbers of people arrested under the laws against criticizing the monarchy have also risen sharply.
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But not for the first time, the monarchy has come in for criticism of late.
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Thailand has issued 19 constitutions since a constitutional monarchy replaced an absolute one in 1932.
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Qatar is, after all, a Sunni Muslim-led monarchy in the vein of its neighbors.
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Prayuth and 35 cabinet ministers pledged their loyalty to the monarchy at the Dusit Palace.
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Thailand is a constitutional monarchy but the palace is one of its most influential institutions.
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They have learned from her legacy to ensure the survival of a very modern monarchy.
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Drag can be a tough world of intrigue and backstabbing drama—much like the monarchy!
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Critical discussion of Islam, the monarchy or the disputed territory of Western Sahara is banned.
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I enjoyed my conversations but still don't fully understand the American fascination with the monarchy.
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Their union symbolized a "turning point for the monarchy," according to royal biographer Katie Nicholl.
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It is still taboo for the organisation to question the monarchy or Japan's wartime deeds.
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American-born Meghan Markle is one of the first biracial members of the British monarchy.
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Its monarchy — the Chrysanthemum Throne — is the oldest in the world, stretching back to antiquity.
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YOU CANNOT VIOLATE THAT, YOU'RE NOT A KING, YOU'RE NOT A MONARCHY YOU LIVE WITHIN.
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However, her engagement will raise questions over the future of the world's oldest hereditary monarchy.
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One of the upsides of being a constitutional monarchy is that there's no such struggle.
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As soon as the pressure eased, the clerical establishment and monarchy questioned the opening process.
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The historical pact between the monarchy and the religious establishment has never been seriously challenged.
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Republicans, who advocate for complete independence, say the monarchy is a tired and outdated institution.
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"We are involved in modernizing the British monarchy," he said in an interview with Newsweek.
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MBS quickly moved to consolidate power, both in the institution of the monarchy and himself.
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The army's penchant for politics has always been tied to the prestige of the monarchy.
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It was an absolute monarchy in republican clothing, with a new king every six years.
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He wants to bring down the monarchy, to humiliate them, to strip them of power.
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Thailand has some of the world's strictest lèse-majesté laws, criminalizing insults to the monarchy.
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In the late 13th century, Hawaii was a constitutional monarchy, ruled by a Hawaiian monarch.
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The Thai monarchy, which is among the richest in the world, is considered above politics.
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Many countries over the years have walked the path from hereditary dictatorship to constitutional monarchy.
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With each passing year, fears grew that his failure to marry might jeopardize the monarchy.
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Survival of the throne: Episode four The survival of Japan's monarchy rested on her shoulders.
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Behind the royal drama was a quiet national unease — once again, the monarchy faced extinction.
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Power in Saudi Arabia's absolute monarchy, they say, adheres to the individual, not the office.
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What questions about the monarchy and who is included does this article raise for you?
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In Thailand, Facebook has done its best to show respect to sensitivities around the monarchy.
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A judge on Tuesday agreed the party had "not acted ... to overthrow the constitutional monarchy".
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It breaks with tradition, and it doesn't accord with how Canada's monarchy works in 2020.
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Bahrain's Sunni monarchy crushed an uprising by its Shiite majority with help from Saudi Arabia.
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The rest of Britain is left to wonder what on earth the monarchy is for.
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More than 20 years after Diana's death, some things are changing in the British monarchy.
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"It's possible the monarchy may be more involved in carrying out policy" now, she added.
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Even then, Britain's monarchy is not beyond reproach—as Prince Andrew has recently made clear.
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Where "We the People" can challenge a king and a corrupt idea like a monarchy.
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DALLAS "Women Artists in Europe From the Monarchy to Modernism," Dallas Museum of Art Dec.
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People don't have the reverence for the monarchy that the Americans believe the British do.
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He wants her to modernize the monarchy and be more in tune with her people.
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At the time, Iran was ruled by a monarchy headed by Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
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George W. Bush, for example, had a "close partnership" and "good relations" with the monarchy.
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Where Thaksin and his sister were decried as corrupt, both Thanathorn and his supporters are portrayed as seeking to destroy Thailand's traditional culture, even the constitutional monarchy that is central to Thai identity - though no one at Sunday's event spoke a word against the monarchy.
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I am confident this shameful kingdom one day soon will transition from the failed monarchy that it is today to a constitutional monarchy that will be held up for world acclaim, that might be led by the likes of an Abdullah Bin Ali Al Thani.
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There's plenty of British pop culture that plays with the idea of the monarchy dissolving Parliament and taking control of the government (see, for instance, King Charles III or Night of the Animals), engaging with the weirdness of living in a 21st-century democratic monarchy.
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This has beneficially challenged a two-party system – not to mention monarchy – long calcified by corruption.
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He had a private session with the British Monarchy and was invited for commonwealth remembrance ceremony.
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He believed in the monarchy, that it is the thing that is keeping the country together.
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In recent years there have been growing calls in Romania for a restoration of the monarchy.
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But this change is not the only shift that Harry and Meghan brought to the monarchy.
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But Morocco has often been glad of financial and diplomatic support from its wealthy fellow monarchy.
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The monarchy doesn't reflect me at all and I couldn't get my head round the fanfare.
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And that is where Meghan may leave a longstanding mark on the institution of the monarchy.
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He believed in the monarchy, that it is the thing that is keeping the country together.
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In 1959, the Tutsis overthrew the monarchy, sending 300,000 Tutsis fleeing to neighboring countries like Uganda.
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Jordan's absolute monarchy was as good a model as the Middle East could expect, he said.
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Buganda is now a kingdom monarchy with a large degree of autonomy from the Ugandan state.
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The marriage between Harry and Meghan is emblematic of a modern shift in the British monarchy.
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It's possible Trump is trying to appease a Congress that's increasingly skeptical of the gulf monarchy.
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In Bahrain, the Sunni-led monarchy would launch a crackdown on the country&aposs Shiite majority.
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The couple's engagement is a big step in ushering Britain's monarchy into a more modern direction.
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During the 2011 Arab Spring, the kingdom's monarchy began to eye the cleric with suspicion again.
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Maybe because they're actually just pretty sick of colonial monarchy, but too polite to mention it.
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Hoppe's book, Democracy: The God That Failed, argues that monarchy is preferable to modern mass democracy.
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The party faces accusations of violating an electoral law against using the monarchy in election campaigning.
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As a fish, War learns about absolute monarchy; as an ant, he learns about totalitarian communism.
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And the time is ripe for the Saudi monarchy to begin to transform its economic base.
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Around 10 years ago, the monarchy was overthrown and a new constitution had to be drafted.
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That position is too one-sided unless Riyadh — an absolute monarchy — changes its behavior, he said.
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A trade and tourism hub, the UAE is an absolute monarchy which tolerates little public criticism.
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It's a bit like betting on monarchy over democracy, which actually used to be a thing.
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The monarchy bestows honours, for instance, in return for donations to royal charities and good causes.
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Even though our nation was founded, in part, in rebellion against the arbitrary authority of monarchy.
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The Gulf Cooperation Council, led by Saudi Arabia, intervened to prevent the monarchy from being threatened.
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Thailand has been a constitutional monarchy since 1932, but the royal family has wielded great influence.
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In the Facebook post, Thaksin said he rejected attempts to link him to anti-monarchy movements.
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Thailand has a constitutional monarchy and public interventions in political affairs by a king are rare.
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The generals needed him to give legitimacy to their coups and so built up the monarchy.
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And while the monarchy might put an emphasis on etiquette, Markle will likely keep her individuality.
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The reason why is a bit technical, relating to the structure of the UK's constitutional monarchy.
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A constitutional monarchy requires that the sovereign—and, by extension, the prospective sovereign—be above politics.
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He believed in the monarchy that it is the thing that is keeping the country together.
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No popular election for the king: Swaziland is Africa's last remaining absolute monarchy, which is hereditary.
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The Bastille prison, where opponents of the monarchy were kept, was targeted for symbolizing royal rule.
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This could lead other countries to follow suit, which would almost certainly weaken the British monarchy.
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Prince Charles, the 71-year-old heir to the British monarchy, has tested positive for coronavirus.
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In his limited public statements, Naruhito has indicated he believes the monarchy should adjust to modernity.
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Like George Washington, who just through example protected us from becoming a monarchy or military dictatorship.
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The House of Windsor's brand had become flammable, and the future popularity of the monarchy uncertain.
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The notion of a couple reminds them too much of the monarchy and the royal couple.
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The party says it supports the monarchy, and none of its official statements criticize the king.
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The constitutional monarchy has been in the international spotlight since King Bhumibol Adulyadej died on Oct.
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There is a sense in which we live in an age of the monarchy as matriarchy.
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The long hours spent constructing their make-believe monarchy and forming a friendship are deeply healing.
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When Brits are children, many of us are told a happy story about the British monarchy.
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It&aposs unclear whether this announcement will affect the line of succession in the British monarchy.
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"The monarchy as an institution is all about the monarch and her direct heirs," he said.
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Pelosi won't budge on sending impeachment articles to Senate Prince Harry and Meghan outgrew the monarchy.
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Prior to '79, Khomeini had failed at overthrowing Iran's monarchy; he was exiled to Najaf, Iraq.
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Iraq saw its own coup in 1958, which overthrew the monarchy and created the Iraqi Republic.
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The Gulf state, ruled by a one-family absolute monarchy, will host the 2022 World Cup.
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Prince Harry's remarks in Newsweek renewed discussion on social media about whether the monarchy was outdated.
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Future Forward Party has denied accusations that it is anti-monarchy, saying the institution is untouchable.
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Soon enough it took the rest: American planters engineered the overthrow of the monarchy in 1893.
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"The monarchy is beyond reproach," said Mr. Johnson, who has faced questions about his own peccadilloes.
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Bahrain's Sunni sectarian monarchy stripped citizenship from 50 Shia political activists and journalists in February 2015.
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"Having a monarchy doesn't mean a return to a feudal system," said Latin graduate Avery, 22.
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"There's a narrative that a dictatorship is emerging where there was once a monarchy," he said.
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Here's another film that undermines the supposed nobility of monarchy, although in an extraordinarily different way.
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But on the other, the British monarchy is such a fertile site for fairy tale imagining.
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American pop culture, meanwhile, tends to approach the British monarchy purely as a site of fantasy.
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Last week a prominent Thai human rights lawyer was arrested and charged with insulting the monarchy.
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When Sultan refused, bin Laden turned against the monarchy, publicly condemning it and questioning its legitimacy.
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They formed a monarchy in order to unify against colonialists, and almost all speak the same language.
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The nation became a republic in 1946 when the monarchy of the House of Savoy formally ended.
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Last month, Thailand also banned citizens from any contact online with three vocal critics of the monarchy.
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Fashion became a source of escapism and it survived the revolution even though the monarchy did not.
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London-based Amnesty International said Chucheep had long faced charges of lese majeste, or insulting the monarchy.
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He wrote that he took possession of them for the Spanish monarchy without resistance from the inhabitants.
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After a failed presidential run in 2000, the claimant has supported the restoration of a constitutional monarchy.
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Here are 17 royal residences or palaces around the world that aren't part of the British monarchy.
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He was a prominent member of the kingdom's non-royal elite, never a revolutionary or monarchy-hater.
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Markle's upcoming marriage challenges this ideal and drags the monarchy, and Britain by extension, into the present.
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She is tired of democracy in the real world, and tired of monarchy in the digital world.
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And if Prince Philip had had his own dalliance, the resulting scandal could threaten the British monarchy.
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As monarchy and religious orthodoxy came into question, how were people to refashion society under new norms?
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He often stressed that his criticism was nasiha, friendly counsel, and not a rejection of the monarchy.
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He often stressed that his criticism of the regime was constructive, not a rejection of the monarchy.
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On June 18th the patriarch of the Orthodox church, a powerful figure, called for restoring Georgia's monarchy.
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A military strongman, Yuan Shikai, had tried to reinstate the monarchy with himself as the new emperor.
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After achieving victory, Robert the Bruce could have easily committed a drastic act against the English monarchy.
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The imperatives of democratic rule require a 21st-century kind of monarchy within a renegotiated constitutional order.
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Some critics of the monarchy living abroad have been named and shamed in Thai language web forums.
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Both were marked by civil war, regicide, the advent of a republic and the restoration of monarchy.
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Bahrain's Sunni Muslim monarchy survived an uprising in 2011 mainly by majority Shi'ite Muslims demanding democratic reform.
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Twenty-odd years ago it looked as if the monarchy was in an advanced state of decomposition.
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By contrast, half of the Spanish population would like to be rid of their scandal-ridden monarchy.
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If some of the new bloods fail to learn that lesson, the monarchy may resume its decline.
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Akihito's efforts to bridge the gap between the monarchy and the public have ensured his family's popularity.
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And replacing America's powerful elected president with a powerless hereditary monarchy would improve the American political system.
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It was Thailand&aposs 12th military takeover since its absolute monarchy was abolished by a 1932 coup.
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Specifically, Lord Altrincham, who ends up on the receiving end of a punch from a monarchy loyalist.
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"She's sort of the forgotten monarchy," explains the hair and makeup designer for the film Nadia Stacey.
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On the other hand they no longer have a monarchy, so plenty of time to catch up.
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The election commission quickly disqualified her and the party was dissolved for involving the monarchy in politics.
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This is not about military might and spectacle, which is what we associate with a male monarchy.
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The sudden collapse of the monarchy that had ruled Russia for three hundred years led to chaos.
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Saudi Arabia, an absolute monarchy where protests and political parties are banned, does not tolerate public criticism.
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Initially, I was overwhelmed with my own powerlessness as a woman living in a patriarchal absolute monarchy.
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Its Turkish characters are either domination-obsessed psychopaths or blank mouthpieces for Western ideals of enlightened monarchy.
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In rejecting our former colonial masters, we threw off monarchy, the class system and a state religion.
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The ultimate goal was to find any evidence that Qatar's monarchy had influenced Al Jazeera's news coverage.
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Saudi Arabia executed Nimr al-Nimr last weekend after the Shiite cleric repeatedly criticized the Saudi monarchy.
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Across the Atlantic, equally lofty thinkers argued that a monarchy was inherently more stable than a republic.
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True, the two differ in some particulars: one is a monarchy, the other a self-styled "caliphate".
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Together, they are taking the British monarchy — that most conservative of institutions — into a more modern era.
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"This is not a monarchy," Norman Quijano, the right-wing president of the Salvadoran congress, told reporters.
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After a long career as a loyal supporter of the Saudi monarchy, he was becoming a dissident.
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The monarchy fell, forcing the duke and his family into exile in England (with their furniture, fortunately).
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Republic, the anti-monarchy group, estimates that the royal family costs £354 million ($477.5 million) a year.
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He also added 30 women to the kingdom's Shura Council, an appointed body that advises the monarchy.
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The future of the monarchy seemed to depend on his eldest son, Naruhito, and his wife, Masako.
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Working is not the only way the women have distinguished themselves as the "normies" of the monarchy.
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You know, he'd be right to do so because what did a monarchy ever do for him?
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But the coming union has also inspired feverish commentary that highlights the modernizing of the British monarchy.
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They also appear to be a departure from the longstanding cooperation between the military and the monarchy.
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The monarchy remains as powerful as ever; the king's advisers have much more influence than elected officials.
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It's an immense rectangle, surrounded by newly renovated walls surmounted by the yellow flag of the monarchy.
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Whenever the question of executive power came up, they could not stop worrying out loud about monarchy.
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JB: Some of the critics of Monarchy today say that it's out of touch with the people.
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If they weren't already doing it, the idea of the British monarchy would seem a hard sell.
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Get to know Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, as she settles into life with the British monarchy.
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The coup was at least the 12th military takeover since Thailand abandoned the absolute monarchy in 1932.
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The men who arrived at the constitutional convention in 1787 brought with them a horror of monarchy.
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Of course, there&aposs the question of what abolishing the monarchy would do to Britain&aposs economy.
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This is important, because over the ages the monarchy hasn't been so successful at producing great marriages.
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She even stayed on as Official Aeronaut of the Restoration when the monarchy took back the country.
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The military government has zealously pursued cases of alleged criticism of the monarchy since it took power.
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Saudi Arabia, ruled by a Sunni Muslim monarchy, accuses Iran of weakening Arab states by funding militias.
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" Evola's ideal order, Professor Drake wrote, was based on "hierarchy, caste, monarchy, race, myth, religion and ritual.
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A spate of anti-monarchy demonstrations have taken place across eSwatini - formerly known as Swaziland - this year.
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By showcasing a different side of the family, he hoped the reinvigorate people's interest in the monarchy.
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France overthrew its monarchy in the revolution of 1789, briefly restoring it after the fall of Napoleon.
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In Thailand, where military dictatorships have dominated under a constitutional monarchy, Mr. Surin lobbied to restore democracy.
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Either way, none of this is particularly new; anti-monarchy petitions have always had a presence online.
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Thailand has had a fractious relationship with democracy since absolute monarchy was outlawed nearly nine decades ago.
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We broke away from a monarchy, and we revere George Washington for stepping back from the presidency.
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But apparently, you can take the people out of the monarchy but you can't, uh, take the monarchy out of the people, because here we are, nearly 250 years later, watching family members fight over the Iron Throne and obsessing over the Prince of England's new royal spawn.
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In Raybearer, the most powerful people are part of a West African-inspired monarchy rather than white colonialists.
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However, jewelry retailer Alex and Ani has a number of monarchy-honoring charms to adorn your regal appendages.
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And when Rhodes jokingly told Obama that maybe the monarchy "really is a dying empire," Obama didn't agree.
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The 239-year-old monarchy was abolished by a constituent assembly dominated by the former guerrillas in 2008.
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The military has for decades invoked its duty to defend the monarchy to justify its intervention in politics.
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Despite the concerns raised, Fitzwilliams remains confident that the monarchy will continue and the Queen will not abdicate.
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A recent Ipsos MORI survey backs this up, with results revealing support for the monarchy still remains strong.
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In places the King's majesty was questioned, as some began to think afresh about monarchy and church government.
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Sheikh Nimr was an outspoken critic of Saudi Arabia's Sunni monarchy but had denied ever calling for violence.
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This was still a huge step forward from dynastic monarchy, but it was not a place to stop.
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"I find it frustrating how harmless the monarchy are portrayed to be in the British media," she added.
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"It's a complicated situation," said Patrick Jory, an expert on the Thai monarchy at the University of Queensland.
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And only 36 percent say has been beneficial to the monarchy, compared to 60 percent four years ago.
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And to do it properly you have to put the interest of the monarchy above every other consideration.
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Though he casts himself as a youthful reformer, he is transforming Saudi Arabia into a truly absolute monarchy.
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So raise a glass of Glengoyne to the British Tennis Monarchy, and say it loud, say it proud.
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Pretty soon the survival odds for the world's last remaining major monarchy begin to look rather less impregnable.
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A Thai lese-majeste, or royal insult, law criminalizes anything deemed to be an insult to the monarchy.
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Scotland was an independent monarchy that decided, by means of its parliament, to become part of Great Britain.
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The kingdom has seen 19 coups d'etats – including 12 successful ones – since absolute monarchy was abolished in 1932.
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In May 2014, Thailand witnessed its twelfth successful military coup since it became a constitutional monarchy in 1932.
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It is tempting to dismiss Neymar's deal as essentially a marketing expense for a Gulf monarchy in distress.
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"The vast part of Dutch society might think that monarchy is not really modern," Professor te Velde said.
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Iran is a majority Shiite nation, while Saudi Arabia's ruling monarchy adhere to the Sunni branch of Islam.
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Although at heart a loyalist to the British monarchy, Cooper had been an outspoken supporter of the crown.
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In honor of Constitution Day, let us celebrate that the Founders rejected monarchy as a form of rule.
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William, the queen's grandson, said in April that he wanted to foster a more modern and relevant monarchy.
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Today, the modern monarchy feels more emotionally open, more honest with its subjects, more "touchy-feely" than ever.
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At what point does Essie decide to rebrand itself as the official nail polish of the British monarchy?
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But that all changes this week as Belgium's monarchy is now offering an English translation of its website.
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European conservatism evolved in defense of established institutions, orders and hierarchies, often nobility, often monarchy, often established churches.
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Now, most citizens solidly back the monarchy, said Manfred Frick, 39, dressed up in a brass band's uniform.
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"She would be disclosing to the U.S. government how much the British monarchy is giving her," McKeegan said.
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Whether Naruhito would rather navigate the upper Thames than the forces that swirl around the monarchy remains unclear.
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The Saudi monarchy has also allowed some music concerts to happen in the kingdom, the first in decades.
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It's a fair question: Why would Irish citizens want to preserve such a memento of the British monarchy?
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I have been railing against this kind of paternalism, this slide toward popular monarchy, for almost a decade.
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But until now, Britain's Foreign Office, which advises the monarchy on overseas visits, had advised against touring Israel.
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His return home was supposed to be a celebration; it was greeted with a blow to the monarchy.
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Jefferson opposed the prospect of a presidential speech because he thought it too reminiscent of the British monarchy.
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Some, like a reporter from Swaziland, an absolute monarchy in southern Africa, are frequently harassed for their work.
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One group was primarily worried about the prospect of power shooting to the top—as in a monarchy.
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This had been the practice under the monarchy, but it was continued under Nasser's expansion of higher education.
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You could truly become Twitter royalty if you're accepted for a gig posted recently by the British Monarchy.
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Thailand lèse-majesté laws effectively prevent citizens from openly discussing anything to do with members of the monarchy.
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Hand-painted, decorated with rare pigments and silver and gold, their visuals focused on the monarchy and hunting.
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A century ago, the tsarist monarchy was toppled and the Russian Empire replaced with a revolutionary socialist system.
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The kingdom, an absolute monarchy, has also never attempted to create an independent court system to adjudicate claims.
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The hereditary nature of the monarchy contrasts with what many Australians believe is a quintessential national value: egalitarianism.
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Thailand's generals have seized power 12 times since a revolution brought an end to absolute monarchy in 1932.
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What are three things you learned about the emperor or the Japanese monarchy that you didn't know before?
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In August 21, a man was sentenced to 2300 years of prison for insulting the monarchy on Facebook.
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Schiff wants the committee to think deeply about Saudi Arabia, and the US relationship with the Gulf monarchy.
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The government of Lesotho, a constitutional monarchy surrounded by South Africa, owns a minority stake in the mine.
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"It was a monarchy, and I think perhaps it will be a slightly more democratic operation," Buruma said.
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At best, President Trump is exposing his childish fantasy of America as a monarchy with himself as king.
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"Not curtsying or bowing," Hume says, "can be seen as taking an anti-establishment or anti-monarchy stance."/•/
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"What do you replace monarchy with when the king is the glue that holds society together?" he asked.
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The aim of their plotting, General Apirat confided, was nothing less than the toppling of Thailand's sacred monarchy.
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Communism emerged as the way to uproot the monarchy and achieve total state control through an armed uprising.
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And the Florida shooting will only draw attention back to Trump's soft spot for the oil-rich monarchy.
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Nepal became a republic in 2008, ending a decade-long civil war and a 240-year-old monarchy.
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Even religious skeptics such as Thomas Paine drew on the ancient Israelite example in his brief against monarchy.
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The German dynasty was injected into the British monarchy by Albert, Prince Consort, the husband of Queen Victoria.
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The rule of thumb for the monarchy -- and aristocratic families -- was to produce an heir and a spare.
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But just this once — the measure will not apply to future emperors of the world's oldest continuous monarchy.
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The movie monarchy of tiny, vaguely European Aldovia is nearly as old as Britain's, but far less engaging.
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The monarchy is revered in Thailand, but activists have accused the ruling military junta of manufacturing the delay.
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Government deficits have also been growing, something the monarchy has tried to address simply by pumping more oil.
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Buddhism is one prong of the holy trinity that makes Thai identity, alongside the nation and the monarchy.
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But the refusal by local Palestinian leaders to halt their protests poses a challenge to the Jordanian monarchy.
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UNSURE One of the great advantages of not living in a monarchy is the absence of command performances.
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Iran's revolution offered the Muslim world a competing model of Islamic governance — one that was staunchly anti-monarchy.
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Erdogan has said that solving the Khashoggi killing would also be in the interest of the Saudi monarchy.
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Since the 12th century, the British monarchy has claimed ownership of all mute wild swans within its territory.
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According to the number of the rulers, he distinguished between: (1) monarchy, the rule of one good man, and tyranny, the distorted form of monarchy; (2) aristocracy, the rule of a few good men, and oligarchy, its distorted form; (3) democracy, the rule of the many, of all the people.
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But Middle East hands at the State Department pushed back, saying that pressuring the gulf monarchy would only backfire.
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Not just in America Even in the Spain, where the monarchy sponsored Columbus' voyage, people are rethinking his legacy.
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He studied at Oxford and together with his Harvard-educated wife, Masako, will give the monarchy a cosmopolitan flavor.
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However, at the monarchy and presidential level, formality is expected especially during the official arrival, state banquet and ceremonies.
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With its hereditary monarchy and persistent class system, Britain still labors under an enterprise-killing know-your-place-culture.
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But they already conform to German restrictions on hate speech and Thailand's rules against defaming the monarchy, for example.
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Nepal, a natural buffer between China and India, had ten government changes after the abolition of monarchy in 2008.
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Daenerys has other plans; with her dragons and blood relationship to the monarchy, she believes she's the rightful queen.
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The monarchy had nurtured an over-mighty state, as French kings sucked power from aristocrats towards the central government.
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Like Jamaica, all have longstanding ties to the United Kingdom and British monarchy, even if they are independent otherwise.
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It also prompted many to turn a critical eye on the Trump administration's close relationship with the Gulf monarchy.
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In particular, esteem for the monarchy has made it easier for Thailand's meddlesome army to excuse its frequent coups.
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He questioned whether they loved their children and taunted the monarchy-controlled press who'd backed them from the start.
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Echoing the shopkeeper, a grandee declares that, given the choice, the people would "take back monarchy in a heartbeat".
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He attacked both hereditary rule and monarchy, proposing instead a government of elected representatives and a limited, rotating presidency.
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Or is your problem with the English monarchy is the hundreds of years of death and colonialism, I understand.
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Markle and Harry's marriage is representative of the leaps and strides that the British monarchy is taking towards modernization.
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Thailand's junta has cracked down on critics of the monarchy since it took power in a May 2014 coup.
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With its technological advances, tribal monarchy, and long-term sustenance, Wakanda and its leaders are archetypes for Black excellence.
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The new King was not formally crowned until May 1950, becoming the head of state of a constitutional monarchy.
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Perhaps it takes a monarchy to take up a certain kind of advocacy, where votes do not factor in.
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Gay people are subject to prison sentences or corporal punishment in the territory, which is governed via constitutional monarchy.
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So, the title of "Prince," along with "Princess," isn't something the monarchy is handing out like royal marriage certificates.
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Succession is a dangerous moment for a monarchy, and many observers wonder whether Thailand's will survive the current transition.
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Thailand reveres its monarchy and the king wields huge influence, partly thanks to the enormous popularity of his father.
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AFTER centuries of absolute monarchy followed by decades of chaos, Nepal is taking to democracy in a big way.
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Regional rivalry between Sunni Muslim monarchy Saudi Arabia and Shi'ite Iran has overflowed into conflicts in Syria and Iraq.
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Thai monarchy observers said the choice of words stood out from previous official updates on the ailing king's health.
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This is "because of the centrality of the monarchy and the long reign of the present king," he said.
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Thailand's military has ruled the country for large parts since constitutional monarchy was introduced just over 2017 years ago.
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Nepal emerged from a civil war in 2006 and abolished its 239-year-old Hindu monarchy two years later.
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Scrambling, Martin invites Altrincham in for a chat to discuss the Lord's thoughts on how the monarchy can improve.
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The government said last week that it would ask other countries to extradite people suspected of insulting the monarchy.
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Srirasmi's parents and three brothers were convicted and jailed in 2015 for defaming the monarchy and remain in prison.
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King Bhumibol headed a conservative establishment that still wields considerable power 20053 years after the abolition of absolute monarchy.
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Last week, a man was jailed for 18 years for posting six video clips deemed insulting to the monarchy.
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Thailand considers the monarchy to be one of the guiding pillars of Thai society and above criticism or comment.
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Thailand's lese majeste law forbids insults of the monarchy, and is punishable with up to 15 years in prison.
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No one is above us; that is the ideal Americans fought for in the Revolution, when we rejected monarchy.
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In the zero-sum calculations of the court, Mr Thaksin's own network threatened to supplant that of the monarchy.
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The Japanese monarchy is thought to be the oldest in the world, and legislators are attempting to modernize it.
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In response, the Saudi monarchy strengthened ties with the Wahhabi religious establishment and restored many of its hardline stances.
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Australia, a constitutional monarchy whose head of state is the British monarch, voted in 1999 against becoming a republic.
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The ceremony at St George's Chapel sparked a "turning point for the monarchy," according to royal biographer Katie Nicholl.
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A series of videos has surfaced online in recent days showing angry mobs accusing people of insulting the monarchy.
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In Jordan's constitutional monarchy most powers rest with the king, who appoints governments, approves legislation and can dissolve parliament.
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But he is also credited with strengthening the monarchy and putting in place efficient — if sometimes oppressive — administrative policies.
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An opinion poll published last week showed that most Britons are in favor of the monarchy continuing in Britain.
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"We have been living in a monarchy," Kim Sung-tae, a Saenuri lawmaker, said during a recent party meeting.
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But the behavior of his former naval helicopter pilot brother has raised fears for the future of the monarchy.
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Royal expert Victoria Arbiter said throwing an elaborate baby shower is unheard of for members of the British monarchy.
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Congress must end the nuclear monarchy, exercise its constitutional responsibility and demand its rightful role in nuclear weapons policymaking.
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Although he was a constitutional monarch, King Bhumibol Adulyadej has been credited with reviving the prestige of the monarchy.
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The backstory: This unexpected move in Africa's last absolute monarchy was done to avoid confusion with Switzerland, Mswati said.
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But in Swaziland, Africa's last absolute monarchy, the king did during a celebration for his 50th birthday on Thursday.
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If the Democratic Party is turning into a monarchy, how can it fight the autocratic tendencies in Mr. Trump?
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He stated that neither the government in Madrid nor the monarchy would negotiate with the pro-independence Catalan leaders.
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In "The Monarchy of Fear," she insinuates that her postelection alarm felt not just uncomfortable but alien to her.
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Our founding fathers knew firsthand the dangers of monarchy and built checks and balances designed to make change difficult.
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They range from those calling for toppling the monarchy to those who want more freedom inside the current system.
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The two men were initially sentenced to 15 months in prison for insulting the monarchy — a felony in Spain.
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"I see this as liberalism that destroys traditions and the monarchy by claiming to be democratic," Warong told Reuters.
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During the reign of the king's father, Bhumibol, the relationship between the armed forces and the monarchy was ambiguous.
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He's seventh in line to the British throne and the first multiracial baby in the monarchy in recent history.
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He's seventh in line to the British throne and the first interracial baby in the monarchy in recent history.
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During the French Revolution, forces hostile to the monarchy mistook the statues for kings of France, not Ancient Judea.
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The removal of the monarchy was approved by 97 votes to 25, with one person casting a blank vote.
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Maybe they don't, and maybe this country is on the verge of actually adopting something beyond an absolute monarchy.
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One alternative signatory is Chandra's brother, Suraj (Rabindra Singh Baniya), who, like his recently departed father, supported the monarchy.
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It was the first such appointment in almost a century, long before the end of absolute monarchy in 1932.
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The duke's subsequent dalliance with Nazi Germany gave the name a kind of exposure that threatened the monarchy itself.
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They respect the king but often inveigh against the "makhzen," the network of power and patronage surrounding the monarchy.
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Early in their reign, George and Mary traveled their vast colonial empire, promoting the image of the British monarchy.
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The result that flows from Dershowitz's approach to impeachment is more than a blank check for an American monarchy.
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A conviction for lèse-majesté, or insulting the monarchy, carries a penalty of three to 15 years in prison.
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" In any case, he said, "The things that really affect the people are the government's policy, not the monarchy.
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The British monarchy runs on children dreaming about what the monarch eats at home and never getting an answer.
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At the time, the British public's outrage and criticism of the monarchy and of the queen herself was unrelenting.
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So my question to you is what makes the Monarchy in Liechtenstein so successful, why are you so popular?
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I think what might apply or be good for Liechtenstein might not be the right strategy for another monarchy.
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The king's order came after a series of moves by Thaksin that could be seen as challenging the monarchy.
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Despite her troubled life and tragic death, this Op-Ed contributor argues, "the people's princess" repaired Britain's broken monarchy.
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Portugal had a long history of antagonism toward landowners, dating back to the 230 revolution that ended the monarchy.
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Others say it in all seriousness, clamoring for the restoration of the monarchy toppled in a coup in 1889.
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The French monarchy was near absolute; before 1789, there had been few concessions to the growing clamor for democracy.
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According to Brand Finance, the British monarchy was worth £603 billion ($88.2 billion) to the UK economy in 2017.
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"We're involved in modernizing the British monarchy," the prince, 32, told Newsweek in an interview published online on Wednesday.
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Austen, Butler asserted, believed wholeheartedly in an England founded on monarchy, the Anglican Church and a stable class system.
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Mr Roche is preoccupied by the monarchy, beginning each of his chapters with an anecdote about the royal family.
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The Sun is typically a strong supporter of the monarchy and other usually pro-royal papers also followed suit.
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The "yellow shirt" camp represents the traditional privilege of the Bangkok based establishment, strongly pro-army and pro-monarchy.
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Yet there are some judges in Saudi Arabia who have not submitted to the total control the monarchy seeks.
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Members of the monarchy have extensive style rules, but here's another One Thing No British Royal Will Ever Do.
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Some, like the Queen of Spain and the former King of Greece, are actually related to the British monarchy.
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Under the Imperial Household Law, which governs the line of succession as well as most matters of protocol related to Japan's monarchy, women in the royal family are not permitted to be in the room when the new emperor receives the sacred regalia signifying his rightful succession to the world's oldest monarchy.
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This promising effort, which would make the caliph the head of a British-style democratic monarchy, was only half-successful.
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Under Thailand's strict lese majeste law, those found guilty of insulting the monarchy face up to 15 years in prison.
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The tech world "is very happy to see a very modern monarchy," adds Hoberman, who invited William to the event.
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Any action perceived to be defaming, violating or insulting the monarchy bear serious punishment, according to Thai lese majeste laws.
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" He added, "And you could see that people wanted the Diana monarchy, one that was more approachable, a bit looser.
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The military considers the monarchy to be one of the guiding pillars of Thai society and above criticism or comment.
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In an email to Reuters, Pavin said the announcement showed "desperation" on the part of the monarchy and Thai state.
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Al-Nimr had been a vocal critic of Bahrain's Sunni-led monarchy, which harshly suppressed the 2011 Shiite-led protests.
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" In March, the country's Constitutional Court dissolved TSN and ruled that nominating the princess was "hostile to the monarchy institution.
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Washington has also eased up on Saudi rival Qatar, after initially backing Riyadh's attempts to blockade its fellow Gulf monarchy.
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In the style of a true modern monarchy, Queen Elizabeth's granddaughter has been feted on social media by her family!
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Saudi Arabia's oil-rich monarchy is one of America's most strategic partners and a significant patron of U.S. defense companies.
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The Maoists waged an insurgency against the monarchy from 1996 to 2006 in which more than 17,000 people were killed.
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Unlike the French, who destroyed their monarchy, the American colonists seceded from theirs -- and they did so embracing natural rights.
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Just don't ask them to elaborate: When it comes to matters of the British monarchy, their lips are royally sealed.
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Even while she rejects it, she feels the constant need to restate the birthright his ill-fated monarchy left her.
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After all, the monarchy is meant to help provide identity and unity for a country that's increasingly nonwhite and multiracial.
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The Duke of Edinburgh's maternal grandfather was Prince Louis of Battenberg, a German prince with relations to the British monarchy.
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And though each successive monarchy might seem to following the same cycle, there's a meta-narrative that spans each lifetime.
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Successive Thai governments have long fostered public adulation of the monarchy—an easier task under the king's mild-mannered father.
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Other leftists and the largest Islamist group, harsher in their criticism of the monarchy, have been boycotting the political process.
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Thailand is a constitutional monarchy, but King Bhumibol wielded great influence and his son has shown himself to be assertive.
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Yet they were raised respectfully, by a man who supported the monarchy as instinctively as he picked up his phone.
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In Bahrain, Saudi Arabia sent tanks to support the Sunni monarchy against protesters led by the island nation's Shiite majority.
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Jordan's monarchy is custodian of Jerusalem's holy shrines, making Amman sensitive to any changes of status of the disputed city.
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Any actions perceived to be defaming, violating or insulting the monarchy bear serious punishment, according to Thai lese majeste laws.
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Its growing strength has alarmed Saudi Arabia, a Sunni Muslim monarchy that is Shi'ite Iran's arch-rival for regional influence.
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