monarch

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Counsellors of state can stand in for a monarch who is ill or overseas although, in practice, only working royals are expected to be called upon to fulfil those duties.

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It is an issue close to the king's heart, with the British monarch attending Thursday's opening of London Fashion Week and meeting apprentices "supporting heritage skills and sustainability" -- including students on King's Foundation programmes.

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Cheered by a massive crowd under a sea of flags, the son of Iran's toppled monarch told a mass rally in Munich on Saturday he wants to lead the country into a democratic future.

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However, a move by the government to legalise abortion was ended last year at the request of Albert, the reigning monarch since 2005.

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Formal demands for the return of some of Africa's best-known artefacts - the Benin Bronzes - were made as early as the 1930s by the Nigerian kingdom's then monarch, Oba Akenzua II.

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