In this book, Graham Smith argues that the assumptions that allow monarchy to continue – that it is popular, profitable and does no real harm – are all false. There were very large protests in Cambodia against the monarchy and the government for democracy in 2013. In a 1999 referendum, the voters of Australia rejected a proposal to replace the constitutional monarchy with a republic with a president appointed by Parliament. 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.

This is the crux of the matter: it is likely that those who truly want to keep the monarchy are actually now in the minority.

The news that dozens of King Charles’s staff have been made redundant, in the middle of an incredibly busy work period and a cost of living crisis, reflects an experience that will be familiar to many workers across the country. People in this country desperately need a government that is taking decisive action to help them – not a self-imposed recess, however respectful the intention. However, for me much is a litany of personal attacks on members of the royal family which in no way convinces me that royalty should be abolished. It is not a rant from an ultra-nationalist from Australia, hoping to turn that country into a Republic.

Apparently he is guardian of our constitution - but we're also told he wouldn't dream of interfering in politics. For the purposes of transparency, I’ll state that I’ve been anti-monarchist for my entire adult life. Plus, there were always the arguments that the monarchy bring in huge revenues in tourism and that the British public overwhelmingly loved the royal family. A few remaining principalities in Pakistan retained their autonomy until 1969 when they finally acceded to Pakistan.Abolished the last " Monarchy of Ireland", the King of the United Kingdom under the terms of the Republic of Ireland Act 1948 as from 18 April 1949, which also saw Ireland become a republic outside the British Commonwealth. Abolition of absolutist monarchy in favor of limited government under constitutional monarchy is a less radical form of anti-royalism that has succeeded in some nations that still retain monarchs, such as Sweden, Spain, and Thailand. It is a curious feature of debates that incidental benefits are the first line of defence – tourism, charities – but none of this stands up,” he says.

When Yugoslavia fell in 1941 the Independent State of Croatia was established under a nominal monarchy, but it was in fact a one party state under Ante Pavelić and a puppet state of Nazi Germany.

To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. After Victor Emmanuel abdicated to save the monarchy, a narrow referendum in 1946 ended the short reign of his son King Umberto II and the Italian monarchy ceased to exist.