Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Former King Gyanendra Shah is greeted on his 71st birthday. Narayan Maharjan/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images Gyanendra ...

OTTAWA, Sept 14 (Reuters) - A growing number of Canadians do not want a foreign monarch to represent them despite deep historical ties to Britain and affection for the queen, but risks that come with ...

A dozen score and seven years ago, revolutionaries met in Independence Hall in Philadelphia to sever ties with the British crown. No more was a crowned head to rule over America. A declaration stated ...

When it comes to kings and queens I agree that, as Monty Python had it regarding King Arthur, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. I'm a skeptic.

(The Conversation) — Many in Nepal are protesting to bring back the Hindu monarchy, which was dissolved in 2008. A scholar of South Asian religions explains what’s behind these protests. (The ...