This makes them more experienced than the politicians who govern the country. Save a few rogue leaders in the past, they also want to try the best for their people — no one wants to be remembered in a bad light: Japanese Emperor Hirohito advocated for surrender after WWII, despite the military wanting to fight on, and he saved thousands of lives.
And remember the coronation oath that British Monarchs swear? Governing a country is hard work — just look how soon new leaders start showing their greys! Separating the positions of Head of State and Head of Government means that the work-load is split: ceremonial work at home and abroad such as handing out honours, hosting and undertaking State Visits is taken care of by one party, meanwhile, the Prime Minister can focus more on running the country.
Soft diplomacy is also a great weapon, and is currently being deployed in the UK as Brexit negotiations begin, with the Cambridges having visited Paris , and Prince Charles and Camilla having completed a tour of central Europe. Royals can highlight the need for debate on certain topics through their charitable works, whilst remaining above politics.
Prince Charles, for example, has been campaigning on environmental issues for decades, and Diana, Princess of Wales, managed to shift opinion about AIDs, and her work saw land mines banned internationally. Currently, The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry are attempting to remove the stigma surrounding mental health. There is no known start date to monarchy, it exists back to a time when humans started settling down and started making civilizations.
The modern republic system however dates back to the Roman civilization, which is credited with having the first practicing republic that directly led to the republics of the modern world. Within the monarchy, the role of the leader, i. Monarchies believe in the Divine Right of Kings, which basically states that a king has been selected by God to rule the people. Republics, on the other hand, stand for the power of the people, which basically means that in a republic people are allowed to vote for a leader.
The person with the most votes is elected as leader. Hence they have. However, over time the form of these governments have changes. The monarchy used to be an absolute monarchy, which basically meant that the king had absolute power. His word was law. At times this led to problems as the king would often declare a law or make a rule which would be against the common interest of the people.
Due to this, citizens of many countries revolted to overthrow a particular king in favor on someone else, or in some cases they held a revolution and overthrew the entire monarchy in favor of a republic, e.
Yet there are times that instead of overthrowing the monarchy itself, the monarchy and the people come to an agreement. Instead of the monarch having absolute control over the kingdom or country, they decide that king would have limited power.
The monarch will have power over some things, while the people would govern other things. However, as is the case with politics, things are never as they seem.
For example, in the U. A constitutional monarchy, which most western monarchies are, is able to promote the will of the people in the head of government, while the head of state is more able to stay uncorrupted and apolitical. That is the problem — the public chooses. We know that when people decide what kind of food or fridge to buy, they should be left alone — capitalism and economic freedom. But when people have to make such macro decisions, they are terribly wrong a lot of times.
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