If you are asking if there are monarchs with real power, then yes there are several. In the middle east you have countries like Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE. There are even several in Europe; Vatican City, Monaco, Liechtenstein.
You could even argue that the reserve powers of the British monarch are indeed great, although, if they ever tried to exercise them in there own right there would probably be a constitutional crisis, and without broad public support they would not prevail.
You could even argue that the reserve powers of the British monarch are indeed great, although, if they ever tried to exercise them in there own right there would probably be a constitutional crisis, and without broad public support they would not prevail.
And by extension... with broad public support they would prevail and execute the will of the people in a time of crisis and with the full support of the military. Which, perversely, effectively places the reserve powers of the Monarch and the might of the military in the hands of the people at exactly the time the people would need them.
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If you are asking if there are monarchs with real power, then yes there are several. In the middle east you have countries like Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE. There are even several in Europe; Vatican City, Monaco, Liechtenstein.
You could even argue that the reserve powers of the British monarch are indeed great, although, if they ever tried to exercise them in there own right there would probably be a constitutional crisis, and without broad public support they would not prevail.
And by extension... with broad public support they would prevail and execute the will of the people in a time of crisis and with the full support of the military. Which, perversely, effectively places the reserve powers of the Monarch and the might of the military in the hands of the people at exactly the time the people would need them.