Francis II ascended the French throne after his father took a lance in the eye at a jousting tournament in 1559. A century earlier James III became King of Scotland after his father had found himself ...

When thinking about modern kings and queens, Elizabeth II is the first that comes to mind. But the longest-reigning monarch is hardly the only one out there in the world—in fact, there are 29 modern ...

Promotion of democracy and human rights are often linked or even viewed as identical aims. In the U.S. State Department, the office dealing with this subject area is called the Bureau of Democracy, ...

University of Toronto provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA. University of Toronto provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. When the Arab Spring protests erupted ...

On a hill overlooking the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, a giant new palace is emerging, funded by the Emiratis and an ostentatious sign of the way Gulf monarchies are battling for influence in the ...

In this episode, we explore the Kingdom of Saxony and the other Saxe monarchies, which, despite being small states, played significant roles in European history. The Saxe families, known as "the ...

Is Central Asia Still Russia’s Backyard? The institution of monarchy has been back in the news lately, with the abdication of the erstwhile Spanish king Juan Carlos I and the ascension of his son, ...

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ON APRIL 18th Akihito, the 125th emperor of Japan and descendant of the sun goddess Amaterasu, returned to a shrine the sword extracted by Amaterasu’s brother Susanowo from a vanquished monster’s tail ...

Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-reigning monarch in Britain’s history, has died at age 96. She was just 25 years old when her father, King George VI, died and she became head of the monarchy and the ...

THE death of 99-year-old Prince Philip, the duke of Edinburgh, devoted husband of Jamaica’s Queen Elizabeth II, will be remembered amongst his legacy for his Duke of Edinburgh’s Awards Programme, ...