Modernisation is quite a strong word to use with the
monarchy because it's something that's been around for many hundreds of years,' he said.
Only 16 per cent say she should abdicate now, while just under 20 per cent of those quizzed believe the
monarchy should be abolished.
The Norwegian
monarchy was introduced following a referendum in 1905, which according to Professor Trond Norby - described as the most well-known republican in Norway - would make it easier to abandon the
monarchy in the same way.
We dispense with the
monarchy model and, returning to tradition, reclaim a local, synodal, participative approach.
Before Reading: Remind students of the difference between a constitutional
monarchy, in which governing authority is held by elected officials, and an absolute
monarchy, in which royalty has real power.
No doubt, from 1963 to 1969 the Sanusi
monarchy made bad political decisions, but Dirk Vandewalle (Libya since Independence: Oil and State-Building, 1998) argues, in part, that these bad decisions were amplified by institutional destruction wrought by a massive influx of capital.
Louis XV, perhaps, understood that his family's misrule and scandalous behaviour had placed the French
monarchy in danger.
Avid appreciation of the merits of
monarchy lives on in Central and Eastern Europe, in particular, and especially in Albania, Romania, Russia, and Serbia.
Some Brits have spent months opposing the constitutional
monarchy and calling for an elected head of state.
The vast amounts of text that appear on the current British
Monarchy website are to be replaced by more colourful images, video footage and quotes, while the site itself has been given the new name The Home Of The Royal Family.
If the
monarchy is as popular as monarchists claim then they can have no worries about the outcome.
