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THE PAST AUTUMN, WITH THE GOING TO THE WORLD OF ANOTHER KING OF THAILAND AND RWANDA, IN THE WORLD BECAME ONE TWO MONARCHIES LESS. No longer a tyrant, sometimes FORCED to earn a livelihood for yourself, the king and queen TODAY continues to fulfill its honorable duty - to award the prize, dub ... Send SAME on a journey to the throne halls - UNTIL UNTIL find and record the last monarch .

Oxford graduate, King of Norway Harald V rules the country since January 17, 1991. His Majesty at the same time leads the Norwegian Protestant Church and the Armed Forces in the general and admiral ranks. From his marriage to Sonya Hagelsen, he has two children - Crown Prince Haakon (an avid skier and theater-goer) and Princess Marta Louise, a psychic writer. It is noteworthy that Queen Hagelsen became the Queen only after the death of her father-in-law Olaf V, who was categorically against the marriage of his son to a commoner. Harald and Sonya met for a long nine years, after which the heir to the Norwegian throne issued an ultimatum to the pope: either I will marry, or abdicate. Olav V consulted with parliament and gave the go-ahead. In 1994, Queen Sonia opened the Paralympic Winter Games, and in 2005 became the first monarch to visit Antarctica, where she commissioned the Norwegian research station. Her husband repeatedly participated in the Olympic Games, in 1987 won the world championship in sailing, and in 1994 he presided at the Winter Olympics in Lillehammer.

Unlike his northern neighbor, King of Sweden Charles XVI Gustav Bernadotte married before the throne and without ultimatums, but he was a flight attendant who had a father, a German, and a mother from Brazil. They met in 1972 at the Olympics in Munich, where Sylvia Renata Sommerlat worked as a guide-translator. A year later, Carl Gustav became king. In addition to the annual awarding of the Nobel Prize (all nominations except for the "Protection of the World"), His Majesty has another honorable duty - the Eriksgate. The essence of this tradition, which dates back to the Middle Ages, consists of trips to various parts of the country and meetings with the people for the recognition of the king as “their own”.

From January 14, 1972, Queen Margrethe II ruled Denmark and Greenland. Education - Cambridge, Sorbonne, London School of Economics. Her Majesty was the first royal person to visit the USSR after 1917, served in the Air Force and is currently patronizing two regiments of the British Army. She is also known as the author of illustrations for The Lord of the Rings by J. R. Tolkien, costumes for productions of Andersen's tales and Christmas postage stamps. Together with her husband, French diplomat Henri Marie Jean Andre, Count de Labord de Montpez (now simply Henrik, Prince of Denmark) translated several works of Simone de Beauvoir for loyal subjects.

In addition to the United Kingdom, Elizabeth II leads another 15 independent states, such as Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Kitts and Nevis , Saint Lucia, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu and Jamaica. Combining the positions of the head of the Church of England and the Supreme Commander, a doctor at the University of Oxford in civil law loves dogs, gardening and has the training of a driver for a sanitary land rover. Married to Phillip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh, grandson of the Greek King George I, great-great-grandson of the Russian Emperor Nicholas I. Among the honorary duties of the Queen include initiation into the knights of the British Empire, honorable rights to remove prime ministers and head Her Majesty the Most Honorable Privy Council. The royal family’s expenses are about £ 50 million a year, the state budget revenues from excursions to Buckingham Palace and the sale of related souvenirs are ten times higher than this figure. Nobody has the right to touch Her Majesty and to interview her, to turn her back is only the Lord Chancellor, and then since 1998.

In the capital of Belgium, Brussels is ruled, it turns out, not by the European Union, but by King Philip. The pilot of the helicopter and the holder of the Order of the Golden Fleece graduated from Oxford and Stanford, married to the count's daughter, a relative of the ex-president of Poland Bronislaw Komorowski. For three years the relationship hid until Philip's father abdicated the throne in favor of his son. The King of Belgium heads the National Chamber of Commerce and is a member of the Club of Rome.

His namesake, King Philip VI, has ruled Spain since June 19, 2014. Like his father, Juan Carlos, he was keen on sailing and carried the flag at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. In fact, the entire royal house of Spain took and continues to take part in the Olympics, including princesses and infante - not a family, but some invincible armada.

Philip VI for the first time since Franco dissolved parliament last May. Married to journalist Letizia Roxolano, has a military helicopter pilot license and the rank of general captain. According to an inherited tradition, King Philip opens national regattas, but on the island of Mallorca sheep flocks have the right to move ahead of the royal motorcade.

In 2013, King Willem-Alexander of Orange became the first man on the throne of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the past 123 years. The great-great-grandson of the Russian emperor Paul I, in the rank of brigadier general, himself pilots the royal jet, saving substantial money to the treasury. Willem-Alexander has a diploma of the historian of Leiden University, worked for many years at the IOC, is married to the Argentine Maxim Sorregete and is fond of hydraulic engineering, constantly initiating Water Congresses and forums of national and world scale.

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The King of Saudi Arabia, the Guardian of the two shrines Salman ibn Abdulaziz Al Saud has ruled the country since January 23, 2015. Two shrines are the Al-Haram Mosque in Mecca and the Prophet's Mosque in Medina. Before the kings of Saudi Arabia, this title was worn, in particular, by the rulers of the Arab Caliphate, the Egyptian state of the Mamelukes and the Ottoman Empire. Salman ibn Abdul-Aziz Al Saud graduated from the school of princes in Riyadh, where he studied science and religion. For 48 years, he was the governor of the province of Riyadh, turning the capital of the kingdom into a thriving metropolis, then headed the Ministry of Defense. During the reign, he was able to convincingly prove who really is the king in the deck of the association of OPEC oil exporting countries.

Salman ibn Abdul-Aziz was married three times, one of his sons, Sultan ibn Salman, became the first Muslim to fly into space.

Diver, tanker, paratrooper and pilot of the AH-1F "Cobra" class attack helicopter, Abdullah Ibn Hussein, became King of Jordan on February 7, 1999. He is an officer (Sandhurst Military Academy of England) and a diplomat (Georgetown University, USA). In his youth starred in the episode "Startrek". During his reign, he dispersed parliament 12 times, thanks to which the kingdom successfully avoided the consequences of the “Arab spring” of 2011, became a member of the WTO and signed a free trade agreement with the United States.

Abdullah II is married to Palestinian Rania Faisal al-Yassin, a public figure and trendsetter, whom George Armani called his muse.

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has ruled Dubai since January 5, 2006. After Cambridge, he was chief of police in Dubai, then Minister of Defense of the OAU.

Sheikh Mohammed is a key figure in creating the modern look of Dubai. He personally participated in the development of projects such as Emirates Airlines, Jumeirah Group Travel Holding and the DP World conglomerate. Under him, they built the world's tallest skyscraper, Burj Khalifa (828 m), opened a government school, established the Dubai Care program, which pays for education to a million children in poor countries, started printing houses on 3D printers, turned the Dubai Metro stations into fine art museums. The poet, who has published several books of his poems, and an experienced rider, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, founded the Dubai World Cup equestrian tournament at the Meydan Racecourse Racecourse, and his family is known for charity projects in Pakistan, Egypt, Afghanistan, Palestine, and Yemen. Not so long ago, Sheikh Mohammed announced the creation of units in the new government of Dubai, such as the Ministry of Happiness and the Ministry of Tolerance.

Emir Abu Dhabi and UAE President Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan (he is named after him the tallest skyscraper in the world) has been leading the state since 2004. The monarch president loves falconry and camel racing, oversees the investment fund Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, and is also known for his decree on raising salaries to state employees by 100%.

Monarchies are also all the other emirates of the UAE, the border of which usually passes through transport interchanges. Emirate Ajman is led by Humayd IV ibn Rashid al-Nuaimi, Ras al-Kheimu Sheikh Saud bin Sakr al-Qashimi. The emirate of Umm al-Quwain is ruled by Sheikh Saud bin Rashid al-Mualla, the coastal Fujairah is ruled by Emir Hamad bin Muhammad al-Sharqi. In Sharjah, neighboring Dubai, where the UAE’s first Orthodox church was built in 2011, the power belongs to Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad al-Qasimi.

In 2013, the emir of Qatar was Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, a 23-year-old graduate of Sandhurst, the youngest monarch to date. Under him, the emirate managed to quarrel and make peace with the influential Saudi Arabia, and Doha almost became the capital of the Summer Olympic Games.

The Emir of Kuwait since 2006, 85-year-old Sabah al-Ahmed al-Jaber al-Sabah is known as a fair but strict politician.

He carried out a number of democratic reforms, in particular, allowed women to hold public office. At the same time, five faithful, including relatives of the emir, were imprisoned in May 2016 for insulting the supreme power on the WhatsApp messenger.

The only ruling emperor in the world today remains the monarch of Japan, Akihito. Educated at Gakusyuin University of Tokyo, the emperor is fond of biology and ichthyology. After publishing 25 scientific works on sea gobies and being an honorary member of the London Biological Society of Karl Linnaeus, in 2006 he actively contributed to the breeding of American bream in Japanese territorial waters. But after the "gaijin fish" began to supplant the original marine fauna, Emperor Akihito made a public apology. The Japanese monarch met his future wife Michiko on the tennis court, and this marriage was the first case in the imperial house that he married a person of non-aristocratic blood.

When analyzing the average portrait of a modern monarch, you understand that life makes adjustments to this reserve of traditions. The prevailing education, however, still remains classically military, but with other foundations they are already parting easily, like a princess from the fairy tale "Bremen Town Musicians". Marriage for love (journalist and stewardess is a priority), an active social position, passion for global projects - this is the lifestyle of kings of the XXI century.

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PRINCE JOSEPH WENZEL

22 years old, Gemini, secondary education (Malvern College, UK). The eldest son of Princess Bavarian Sofia Elizabeth Maria Gabriela and Crown Prince of Liechtenstein Alois. Second in line for the throne of the Principality of Liechtenstein.

Hobby: travels

PRINCE JOAHIM CARL MARIA NIKOLAUS

26 years old, Sagittarius, higher education (University of Bocconi, Italy). The son of Princess Astrid of Belgium and Archduke Lorenz of Austria-Este. Ninth place on the throne list of the Kingdom of Belgium. Hobby: economy

PRINCE PHILIPPOS

31 years old, Taurus, higher education (Georgetown University, USA). The son of the last Greek king Constantine II and Queen of Denmark Anna Maria. Fifth place on the throne of Greece (there was no abdication of the last king).

Business: hedging

Hobby: football computers

Prince Albert II Maria Lamoral Miguel Johannes Gabriel Von Turn-und-Taxis

34 years old, Aquarius, higher education (University of Edinburgh). Son of Johannes von Thurn-i-Taxis (1926-90) and Gloria of Schönburg. 12th Prince (Fürst) of the Thurn-i-Taxis clan After the death of his father, he inherited the Regensburg Palace, 30 thousand hectares of land, mills, a brewery and a bank. Hobby: car racing

PRINCE LORENZO BORGEZE

45 years old, Gemini, higher education (Fordham University, USA). The son of Prince Francesco Marco Luigi Costanzo Borghese and Amanda Lee. The Kingdom does not inherit, but has its own business for the production of cosmetics for pets (Royal Treatment).

Hobby: reality show Instagram: @lborghese

PRINCE HAMDAN BEN MUHAMMED BEN RASHID AL MAKTUM

35 years old, Scorpio, higher education (Sandhurst Academy, London School of Economics). The son of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and Hind bint Maktum bin Juma Al Maktoum. Crown Prince of Dubai. Hobby: poetry, photography, horse riding, parachuting, falconry Instagram: @ faz3

PRINCE SEBASTIAN HENRY MARIAH GUILLAW

25 years, Aries, higher education (Franciscan University, USA). The son of the Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Henry and Maria Theresa Mestre. Fifth in line for the throne of Luxembourg.Hobby: painting, mountaineering, skiing, rugby

PRINCE HUSSEIN BIN ABDALLAH

23 years old, Cancer, higher education (Georgetown University, USA). The son of King Abdullah II and Queen Rania. Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Jordan. Hobby: music, football, motorcycles Instagram: @ alhusseinjo

Text: Dmitry Konstantinov

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