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I was just wondering who sits on the most powerful throne today? Maybe we could also break it down for each continent if possible.
kathia_sophia said:maybe what he wants to say, is who have more power leading and ruling the country. ill say in my opinion, who is more powerful are monarchs who are absolutists. aka: brunei, united arab emirates, etc...
'Actual' Power -the House of Saud. 'Soft' Power -the House of Windsor.
In Europe it is Liechtenstein and Monaco but of course also there the Sovereign's power is very limited by the Constitution.
Great Britain. Queen Elizabeth II has been the sovereign for over sixty years. She puts her royal duties first.
She is however a figurehead with no power. She can't even say what she wants to control who stays in her home. If the government tells her to do something she has to do it. As far as power goes she is powerless.
Duc_et_Pair
Here is not the place to argue over Brexit, but for for the record 'nothing is agreed until everything is agreed', and [for me personally] ANY price is worth paying to be free of the EU..
The Pope is technically an absolute monarch.
Mass media of democracies of the Western World say that the most powerful man on the Earth is, in fact, the President of the U.S.A., and not any monarch.