Kingdoms and Monarchy around the World
Kings and Queens of world
From the French Revolution, the future of monarchy in the world has been insecure. Recently as 2008, communist revolutionaries in Nepal overthrew their monarchy to establish a republic state. Still, despite a couple of centuries of falling kings and royal family opposition, there are 44 monarchies in the world today. 13 are in Asia, 12 are in Europe, 10 are in North America, 6 are in Oceania, and 3 are in Africa where there are no monarchy in South America.
It's maybe important to note that there are 44 monarchies, but there are only 29 monarchs. Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom was queen of 15 other Commonwealth Kingdoms that formerly composed the British Empire, a position that has now been taken over by her son and current monarch, King Charles II...