monarch

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An effective orator, Khamenei joined the critics of the Shah of Iran: the monarch who was eventually overthrown by the Islamic revolution.

From BBC

The PP has previously expressed a similar opinion about the former monarch.

From BBC

So the conventions set out in the parliamentary bible Erskine May, which have long clipped the wings of debate about the monarch and their family, didn't apply to Mountbatten-Windsor.

From BBC

Some Iranians are hoping for the return of Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of the last monarch, who says he wants to help transition Iran to a secular democracy.

From The Wall Street Journal

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.

From BBC