Abolish the Monarchy: Why we should and how we will

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The 20th century also saw the formation of a number of new monarchies that still exist to this day such as Bhutan (1907), Jordan (1921), Saudi Arabia (1932), and Malaysia (1957). But there is also a sizeable section of the population – including a large and growing number of young people – who do not believe in hereditary privilege, don’t consent to King Charles’s accession, and want a different kind of political system.

Smith understand the principle of lethargy and that is why he begins the book talking about why many people are tolerating or just not thinking about the monarchy, and not asking why it is still here. Charles, even before Diana’s death, was clearly a selfish fool and his father was already infamous for his foul faux pas. Though things are opening up, covid cases are still high and a lot of our staff have only received one jab.The figures have come down over recent years so that even royalists admit it is close to half the country wanting to be rid of the institution. A proposal to elect future Heads of State for life from four Tama-a-Aiga families has been proposed. If most Americans saw the danger of addressing Washington as their American Caesar – he had absolutely no interest in becoming emperor – they nevertheless found it surprisingly appealing.

A normality of a monarchy at the head of a polity remained, that some Americans saw a presidency in monarchical terms, a Caesar of the republic, was an early debate in the new republic.

The family of the Sultanate of Deli and Serdang survived thanks to the protection of the Allied soldiers who were there to accept the surrender of the Japanese. Rhodesia was internationally recognised as a British colony right through to 1980, when Rhodesia became the independent republic of Zimbabwe, which was a member of the Commonwealth from 1980 to December 2003.

It is not a rant from an ultra-nationalist from Australia, hoping to turn that country into a Republic. If we assume they’re each an hour long, then during the whole of 2021 Charles did the equivalent of 11 weeks’ full-time work – an average of four-and-a-half days a month. Louis Napoleon Bonaparte established the Second French Empire (1852–1870), retaining republican aspects while placing himself in the center of the state until the losses in the Franco-Prussian War led to his fall, resulting in the French Third Republic and the definitive end of the monarchy in France. The defeated German, Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman empires saw the abolition of their monarchies in the close aftermath of the war, ending the reigns of Wilhelm II, Charles I and Mehmed VI respectively. They say Britain should be proud to have the mother of parliaments, to be a shining beacon of democracy and an example to other nations.

Meanwhile, the monarchy gives vast arbitrary power to the government, shutting voters out from major decisions affecting the national interest. Finally, in 1975, King Palden Thondup Namgyal of Sikkim lost his throne when the country became a state of India following a referendum. Split into American Insular Government over the Philippine islands, British North Borneo and the Dutch East Indies. When I was writing this, the Republic team were busy staging a demonstration inside Buckingham Palace. The narration was superb, I often forgot that I wasn't listening to a speech from the author himself.