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>There are several European monarchies still running but ours is a bit madder than the others. For starters, our monarch is many monarchs. Holding many titles

>There are several European monarchies still running but ours is a bit madder than the others. For starters, our monarch is many monarchs. Holding many titles in itself isn't strange, it's actually normal. Yes, that includes holding multiple King titles. If a noble holds multiple titles of the same rank, the most prestigious of them (in this case King of the United Kingdom) is the one preferred for general use. >Our King isn't an old school tyrant (Greek thing again) nor a dictator. He really acts as another governor - he has influence with the elected government. The idea is that the King is granted the authority to govern from God, and the King's government aids him in putting that authority into practice. Remember that the King of the United Kingdom is also the leader ("Supreme Governor") of the Church of England, and elsewhere kings are usually coronated by the Pope of the Catholic Church. That is all to signify the King is a representative of God, acting in God's stead because God is busy with godly matters I suppose.

eru 3y ago
> [...] and elsewhere kings are usually coronated by the Pope of the Catholic Church. Only in catholic countries. I haven't looked up the numbers, but I assume less than half of remaining monarchies are catholic. Mostly because we have a number of protestant monarchies (like the Netherlands and Denmark), and we have plenty of monarchies that aren't Christian at all (like Thailand or Malaysia or Saudi Arabia).
- Dalewyn 3y ago
  That's why I specified "usually", not all kingdoms are Catholic or even Christian but I would presume most would have similar concepts of deriving authority from somewhere to claim their blood is blue.
  - eru 3y ago
    Oh, you meant it as an example. OK. I'm not sure, but what you claim seems plausible enough. Republics typically also make these kinds of claims to legitimize their leaders' claims to power. They usually invoke the wishes of the people or even a 'general will' (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_will https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_will).
lo_zamoyski 3y ago
Authority to govern "on loan" from God, so to speak, is not a right, so this reminds the monarch he is only a sort of regent or deputy, if you will. (Recall John 19:11.)

eru 3y ago

> [...] and elsewhere kings are usually coronated by the Pope of the Catholic Church. Only in catholic countries. I haven't looked up the numbers, but I assume less than half of remaining monarchies are catholic. Mostly because we have a number of protestant monarchies (like the Netherlands and Denmark), and we have plenty of monarchies that aren't Christian at all (like Thailand or Malaysia or Saudi Arabia).

Dalewyn 3y ago
That's why I specified "usually", not all kingdoms are Catholic or even Christian but I would presume most would have similar concepts of deriving authority from somewhere to claim their blood is blue.
- eru 3y ago
  Oh, you meant it as an example. OK. I'm not sure, but what you claim seems plausible enough. Republics typically also make these kinds of claims to legitimize their leaders' claims to power. They usually invoke the wishes of the people or even a 'general will' (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_will https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_will).

lo_zamoyski 3y ago

Authority to govern "on loan" from God, so to speak, is not a right, so this reminds the monarch he is only a sort of regent or deputy, if you will. (Recall John 19:11.)