From Japan’s Emperor Naruhito, head of the oldest continuous hereditary monarchy in the world, to Abu Dhabi’s House of Nahyan, the planet's richest rulers, click or scroll through to take a ...

First, I should clarify. By monarchy I do not mean hereditary monarchy, which would adapt itself poorly to the relatively egalitarian class structure of modern America. Nor do I necessarily mean ...

The Japanese government on Wednesday announced countermeasures against a U.N. committee on discrimination against women that ...

Others are Church of England bishops and 92 are hereditary peers or people with titles (such as Barons or Viscounts) who inherited the right to sit in the Lords. What is the role of the Monarchy ...

Recognizing Ugyen Wangchuck’s outstanding qualities as a leader and a statesman, the State Councillors, all the Governors of the regions, the clergy, and the people decided to elect him as King and ...

The title isn't automatic, however. It has to be created each time by the reigning monarch - and as such is not an hereditary title. While the likes of Hywel Dda and Llywelyn ab Iorwerth came to ...

The first official Prince of Wales, the infant future King Edward II, was born in Caernarfon Castle, and in 1911 the future Edward VIII was invested in the castle when he became Prince of Wales.