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Japan PM cools on succession bill

2006-02-09T04:39:01Z

Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has indicated he may no longer speed a bill through parliament to allow female royal succession.

Japan's Princess Kiko 'pregnant'

2006-02-07T17:56:49Z

Japan's Princess Kiko is reportedly pregnant, raising the possibility that the royal family could produce its first male heir in 40 years.

monarchy @ 2006-02-04T14:28:00

2006-02-04T20:28:00Z

I wanted to remind people who don't know, that the 70th birthday of Prince Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein is coming up on Feb. 14. In honor of this most auspicious occasion, I wanted to post some miscellaneous facts about Liechtenstein and about Prince Hans-Adam II:

In a referendum on July 1 , 1984, male voters granted women the right to vote
in national elections, a victory for Prince Hans-Adam who had supported the
legislation. Unlike many other constitutional monarchies , the constitution of
Liechtenstein gives many important powers to the Prince, some of which have
caused controversy in recent years.

Critics were, however, largely discredited when in March 2003, a popular
referendum bolstered the Liechtenstein dynasty's constitutional position.
Prior to the referendum, Prince Hans-Adam had announced that he and his family
would relocate to Vienna, Austria if the House's constitutional prerogatives
were curbed. The referendum confirmed the broad popularity of the Liechtenstein dynasty and underscored the populace's faith in Prince Hans-Adam as leader.

On November 27 , 2005 Liechtenstein voters rejected an initiative that would
prohibit birth control and living wills in the principality.

On August 15, 2004 Prince Hans-Adam II formally turned the power of making
day-to-day governmental decisions over to his son Prince Alois , as a way of
transitioning to a new generation. Formally, Hans-Adam remains Head of State .

this issue is getting more annoying by the month.

2006-02-02T07:22:12Z

Japan bill to let women on throne

Japan's PM Junichiro Koizumi has pledged to submit a bill to parliament letting women ascend to the throne.

Rally against Japan royals change

About 40 Japanese lawmakers have joined a rally in Tokyo to protest against government plans to allow women to ascend to the throne.

monarchy @ 2006-01-14T19:35:00

2006-01-15T00:38:04Z

Hey Everyone!

My name is Lisa Jeffries and I'm 16. I'm super interested in royalty, just the different lines of geneology and politics involved. Its my passion.

I know a lot about the english monarchy but I want to know more about other monarchies. The british one is getting a bit annoying....

Anyhow, glad to be here.

Lisa

Wedding

2005-11-15T09:18:51Z

Japanese princess weds commoner

monarchy @ 2005-11-09T01:34:00

2005-11-09T06:27:03Z

Modern trends appear in plans for Princess Sayako's wedding

Bring back the concubines? Princely proposal underscores Japanese succession crisis

Japanese Imperial Concubines

2005-11-04T07:23:56Z

So Prince Tomohito has suggested bringing back concubines as a way to solve Japan's succession problems, in preference to allowing women.

My earlier post on the subject.

monarchy @ 2005-11-03T23:59:00

2005-11-04T05:00:10Z

I was just wondering: In an online bio I saw that Charlotte Casiraghi speaks 4 languages. I would assume English, French, Italian. What about that fourth? If anyone knows please comment here. Thank you!

Panel Backs Aiko As Future Empress of Japan

2005-10-24T08:56:06Z

http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200510220154.html

Royal archive

2005-06-27T20:11:26Z

Copied from this entry in syn_promo:

royalarchive is a news feed from http://www.royalarchive.com. I couldn't find any other Royals-only news feeds.

The articles are tasteful (imo) and include news from other Royals as well as the British Royal Family. It updates at least once per day with an article teaser, but averages about 5 articles per day. Pictures are not in the feed, but there are pics in the full articles.

All Hail Her Majesty!

2005-05-19T06:34:52Z

kinda yesterday's news but yey her britannic majesty is here in Canada!

Happy birthday to me...

2005-05-17T17:23:52Z

The monarchy community is three years old today. Awww, isn't it cute? :)

Prince Edward's lonely Royal visit

2005-04-26T04:42:40Z

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1369826.html?menu=

Charles & Camilla

2005-04-10T03:58:58Z

So Charles and Camilla got married. Camilla is now Princess of Wales, and when Charles accedes, she will be queen. Nevertheless, the plan is for her to not use either of those titles. I rather hope this plan will be quietly laid aside when the time comes: a queen is a queen. Also, I'd like to remind people that you don't vote for kings.

Really, the further we get away from the fairytale sentimentality of the "royal family" the better it will be for the Kingdom, and this most sensible of marriages is a positive step in that direction.

Charles and Camilla to Marry

2005-02-10T11:52:42Z

April 8th, Windsor Castle, civil ceremony. Official announcment. Guardian story. She'll be known as "HRH The Duchess of Cornwall" after the marriage, and "HRH The Princess Consort", not Queen, when Charles accedes.

Panorama reckoned (back in October) that there are obstacles.

A Quote Tragically Lost

2004-12-30T21:44:12Z

Bureaucrats are nowhere near as hidebound and pushy as they used to be. I can't believe none of them has suggested the simplest solution to Japan's succession problem: declare Princess Aiko a boy, and have "him" succeed as emperor. Not that I think it's a good idea, but I don't understand why I can't have the fun of watching a palace courtier saying, "But the emperor is a man, she declared it so herself."*

*quote paraphrased from Pyramids, by Terry Pratchett

Chrysanthemum Sustainability

2004-11-30T12:02:12Z

Akishino's comments seem unhelpful to my (English) ears, but perhaps Japanese etiquette is different.

The root of the problem, of course, is the emperorship restriction to heirs male, something often called "Salic law" when in a European context. The trouble the Japanese are now in is not something that's likely to go away in the future either, given the mathematics of the situation: since people average two children and average one son, an "heirs general" succession such as that to the British throne will tend to double each generation, while an "heirs male" succession needs pressure if it is to be expected to grow (thus the present troubles of the Crown Princess), and may quite easily shrink to extinction. This is perfectly acceptable for titles of nobility, indeed, most hereditary peerages in Britain are restricted to "heirs male". But no-one really cares that much if these becomes extinct, since the "fount of honour" can always make more (only it seems to have dried up for hereditaries recently). Monarchy is another matter.

Currently there are over 150 descendants of the Electress Sophia eligible to succeed to the British throne as determined by the Act of Settlement, and there would be more if Catholics weren't excluded. The United Kingdom may become the United Republic one day, may the gods preserve us, but not through extinction. There are six men in the line of succession to the Chrysanthemum Throne, the male-line descendants of the Meiji Emperor. The first two are sons of the present Emperor, neither of whom have sons despite intense pressure. So the third is the Emperor's uncle Hitachi, who also has no sons and at 68 isn't likely to start now. This makes the rest the Emperor's grandfather's younger brother, Mikasa, and his sons Tomohito (58) and Katsura (56), neither of whom have any sons.

Before the Meiji Restoration women were allowed to succeed, though only as a kind of stop-gap. And in those days emperors and princes had concubines, all of whose male issue was legitimate. If the Japanese will not countenance amending their constitution in this matter I predict they'll have to resort to one or other of these options in the generations ahead.

monarchy @ 2004-11-13T16:34:00

2004-11-13T05:35:14Z

The republican question has recently been reignited by the Australian Republican Movement on the fifth anniversary of the "the day that John Howard broke the nation's heart", declaring that now is the time to reopen the debate.

The Oz Republic LiveJournal community is a forum for supporters of an Australian republic to discuss current affairs, politics and opinions relating to the republican movement. Membership is open to everyone.

ozrepublic

Hold da kæft sikker en masse lort!

2004-05-18T09:07:44Z

I saw somewhere the speech at the wedding dinner of the prince...

It happens to be that Im very into genealogy, heraldry and this sort of schtuff... (have my own, dark reasons to be so)

When I saw the father of the bride boasting about how his family put the vikings to run from Scotland (and heard the nobility laughing at the background while he stated this, what else to expect, they know the "lines" and all this) I was truly amazed.

It is very natural that a humble person, while sitting with important people tend to overdrive their deeds, so not to stay behind in importance, but this was a very dangerous ground on which he did tread upon.

(btw, funny the english family side was not there, doyou people know any who was there from the house of England?)

Even so, at the time he said those words his glasses fell from his face (and I sensed an ancestor spirit slapping him on the face, by hearing such a nonsense)

well... ...I do not know much about scottish nobility, but I know that MacDonald (MacDonnell, etc) is one thing, Donaldson is another completely different.

In fact, by having, by having "son" in Donaldson, he tends more to descend from vikings (Leif Eriksson, Svenson, Amundsen, Chrestesen, and many other "sen" and "son") Than of the original and very brave clan of the MacDonalds. (per mare per terras)

I know that in heraldry there is even a punishment for this sort of speech, once it can lead to violent discussions due to the family prides of the involved.

And another fact: This royal family of Denmark is not really a direct descendant of vikings but of other branch of nobility: The Oldenburg, from Germany. (the coat of arms of the three lions with nine hearts the queen uses is called in her case when described: "escutcheon of pretense", once it cannot be proven she descends from Valdemar Atterdag (who was the bearer of this coat of arms), but she may use it because she is the Queen of Denmark)

But of course I can be wrong, right?

so if someone knows better about this, please enlighten me.

And can anyone tell me how to insert texts inside the text, so this does not get that long? I dont want to bug people with long texts.

*shmiles*

New Community for Brits and Americans!

2004-03-15T04:06:52Z

Hey All!! Thanks for the response on my question. I have a new community to tell you about that I just started. If you like this community I'm sure you'll have a blast at the new one I've created. It's called: English_Royalty and we basically devote the site to discussion about the British Monarchy and anything else you want to talk about!! Please come and check it out and maybe post a few things.. I doubt you will be disappointed. I am a history major and ever since I found this message board site I have just been so excited about the opportunity to talk with other lovers of England!! here's the link: http://www.livejournal.com/userinfo.bml?user=english_royalty or if you can't find it there, just look English_royalty up under the "interest" category when you search for "England" as a keyword.

Come one come all!

Lady K

Come Join Us!

2004-03-06T05:27:46Z

For those of you that are interested in more on the British Monarchy, I would suggest this community: www.livejournal.com/userinfo.bml?user=english_royalty it is an amazingly promising site. I definitely recommend it!

Have fun and please visit the site if you love this monarchy site.

Lady K

I didn't know...

2004-01-17T14:56:49Z

On Jan. 17, 1893, Hawaii's monarchy was overthrown as a group of businessmen and sugar planters forced Queen Liliuokalani to abdicate. [NY Times]

hi, new.

2003-12-24T16:22:19Z

Hi, Jillian, 22, from Cincinnati. Just thought I'd introduce myself.

Greetings

2003-12-10T17:53:33Z

Hm' hm' hm'

Finally found a royalty forum. Yey!

I've always been interested in history and royalty. I got particularly involved in research when I was creating a royal family for my geofictional country of Fyksland like 3-4 years ago. Mainly to search for pictures and bios for people who I may add into the Fyksian royal family and of any real european royalties who could be related to them.

I'll be happy to describe the Fyksian royal family if anyone is interested.

There's has been only a couple of royal sightings for me though. I shoke hands with Prince Charles in HK in 1989 in one of those royal walkabouts. Also saw the Queen in living flesh for the first time this year in Hamilton, Ontario during her Jubilee tour in Canada.