Monarchies.

In social studies, We watched a video based on monarchies. Our task was to wrote ten things that we found interesting about monarchies from that video. Here is my ten facts I found interesting.

        10 facts about monarchy’s

• On september 9th, 2015 Queen Elizabeth the Second surpassed her great-great grandmother Queen, to become the longest running british monarch in history, But although the queen is quite popular in the UK, about one in 6 britons feel the monarchy should be completely abolished.

• There are around 40 nations worldwide with monarchs - with various titles like King, Queen, Sultan and Emir.

• There are 16 countries under british rule, And several are still ruled through absolute monarchies, Nations like, Swaziland and Qatar have hereditary rulers who exert full control over legislative executive and judicial branches of government.

• Oman
• Lesotho
• Jordan
• Bahrain
• Morocco
• Kuwait
• Qatar
• United arab emirates
• Saudi Arabia

• These nations tend to be plagued by human right abuses because there aren’t sufficient checks on the monarch’s supreme power.

• In most nations like Sweden or Japan, monarch power is minimal, and they have few if any official state duties. They retain mostly symbolic power, and exist as the face of the country for ceremonial functions.

• Known as the ‘head of state’, they differ from the ‘head of government’, who would be the actual political leader of the government.

• The Queen’s political powers do include appointing the Prime Minister and declaring war of peace. However, traditionally, the monarch’s decisions in the UK have aligned with the constitutional government’s.

• If they were ever to disagree these laws could change to remove the monarchy’s authority. For example, in 2008, the Grand Duke of Luxembourg refused to sign a euthanasia bill into law, although it had been approved by parliament. Luxembourg’s parliament then promptly amended the constitution so that bills no longer needed the signature of the grand duke.

• Today, one of the most important royal duties is with philanthropy.

• Monarchies may be a thing of the past, but royal families are invaluable for cultural preservation, diplomacy, and philanthropy. Some british citizens think that monarchy is out dated.