Austrian Dissolution

A dozen years short of a century ago today, the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye was signed.

The Guillotine Falls Silent

30 years ago today, the French Fifth Republic retired the Guillotine.

How about retiring the legacy of the French Revolution as well?

Poll Results: Best Monarch of the 20th Century

The results for the poll ending on September 1 are as follows:

Total votes: 45.

• Karl of Austria-Hungary: 18 (40 %)
• Franz Josef of Austria-Hungary: 8 (17 %)
• Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein: 5 (11 %)
• Rainer III of Monaco: 5 (11 %)
• Wilhelm II of Germany: 4 (8 %)
• Oscar II of Sweden and Norway: 3 (6 %)
• Nicholas II of Russia: 2 (4 %)

A new poll will be up shortly.

More News from the Top of the World

At Nepal News, Keshab Poudel says the revolution in the Kingdom of Nepal is not bringing progress.

Sujata Koirala of the Nepali Congress Friday said that she no longer supports the monarchy. So Kantipur Online reports. It was only this week she came out in support of monarchy. Am I the only one suspecting that there's something fishy going on?

More Nepal news from Google.

"Let Them Eat Cake"

Tea at Trianon has a post this week on a well-known myth from the times of the French Revolution.

Blair Chronicled

Peter Oborne chronicles the Blair regime's disrespect for Her Britannic Majesty.

See extract from Peter Oborne's book at the Daily Mail.

News from the Top of the World

Ms. Sujata Koirala-Jost favors constitutional monarchy. So the Telegraph Nepal reports.

The Maoists will leave the Cabinet if Nepal is not declared a republic. So the Press Trust of India reports. Please do walk out. Please do!

Coins are now issued without any trace of His Majesty. So AFP reports.

Let the Fed Go!

One of the legacies of the Persona Non Grata of this blog is the Federal Reserve System.

Now there is a petition up to have it abolished.

By all means, please do feel free to sign.

De Lorean Returns

For those of us with a certain affection for certain aspects of the past, a travel back in time would perhaps not be such a bad idea – not to speak of the opportunity to change the turn of history.

According to ABC News, De Lorean production will be returning next year.

Now, all that's missing is a flux capacitor!

Treaty of Paris Signed

Eleven score and four years ago today, His Britannic Majesty recognized each single of the 13 American colonies.

J.R.R. Tolkien

J.R.R. Tolkien (January 3, 1892 - September 2, 1973)

My political beliefs lean more and more to Anarchy (philosophically understood, meaning abolition of control not whiskered men with bombs) – or to 'unconstitutional' Monarchy ... Give me a king whose chief interest in life is stamps, railways, or race-horses; and who has the power to sack his Vizier (or whatever you care to call him) if he does not like the cut of his trousers.

Mr. Theodore Harvey has a collection of links and I did a piece a few years ago; The Return of the King.

Olive Branch Petition Refused

Eleven score and a dozen years ago today, His Britannic Majesty refused the Olive Branch Petition.