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 ...

Direct intervention by the hereditary monarch in political matters could lead to a constitutional crisis, challenging the established norms of the U.K.'s parliamentary democracy. Musk's comment ...

He greatly defends the idea of service that he and his peers strive for but he also says there is a social purpose and social value to the hereditary principle as the monarch is the epitome of it.

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.

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 ...

Several other countries, including Zimbabwe, Samoa and Tonga, have reserved positions for traditional chiefs in Parliament but those are not hereditary in nature. Other than the UK and Lesotho, no ...