The ‘Royal Rumble' in Negeri Sembilan raises larger question: how does a centuries-old system fit within a modern state?

Even without a written constitution, Britain follows laws and carefully documented traditions that together bind the king. By Peter Robins LONDON — One topic was at the heart of King Charles III’s ...

What began as a customary dispute over a throne has left an administration purged and a state in legal limbo The dust has yet ...

(Apology: In the previous part ③, I announced that the next topic would be "Bangkok and the Provinces: Wealth and Division," ...

This creates a structure that can resemble monarchies in all but name. While elections and formal institutions may remain, real control tends to stay within a small, tightly managed circle. In Russia, ...

The queen is still head of state in Canada. While her death is mourned there by many, the future role of the royals is being widely debated. Canada was one of 15 Commonwealth countries where Queen ...

(Reuters) - Nepal's 239-year-old Shah dynasty became the latest monarchy to tumble on Wednesday, after its ruling Hindu royals were outmanoeuvred by a decade-long Maoist insurgency and displaced by a ...

Norway’s new monarch may prove to be an effective leader, but we are reminded that his hereditary privilege is being financially supported by involuntary ...

I have been wrestling all week with how to explain the case for constitutional monarchy to readers in the world’s greatest republic. I have run through various arguments, but I keep coming back to a ...

OTTAWA, Sept 14 (Reuters) - A growing number of Canadians do not want a foreign monarch to represent them despite deep historical ties to Britain and affection for the queen, but risks that come with ...

LONDON — One topic was at the heart of King Charles III’s address to the British Parliament on Monday, and, many experts would say, of almost all his public statements and actions since the death of ...