The ancient monarchies have started tumbling down. The kingdom of Nepal will soon become a republic.
The interim government has agreed to the Maorist rebel demand to abolish the over 200-year old monarchy as a precondition for ceasing hostilities and joining the national government.
That will be after the Constituent Assembly ratifies the decision to scrap the old order, yielding place to the new. And that is a certainty.
This will be a serious move because the king is regarded as the incarnation of the Hindu god, Vishnu. The Nepalese are therefore toying around with their religion. Some shudder, others do not blink.
Are we therefore seeing the beginning of the fall of the world’s monarchies? Maybe
There has been talks about junking the British monarchy—never mind that Her Majesty the Queen is now on youtube. Have you seen her?
Her relevance in British history is being questioned now that the empire is no more. Even the Commonwealth has become a ceremonial organization, one that they only attend to “recall their colonial heritage”, according to one former foreign minister of an African country.
So we may soon witness the falling of the monarchies like the communist regimes before it.
Northern Ireland has bid goodbye to Britain. Soon, Scotland will follow.
Will the British monarchy be the next to go?
Arthur Zulu is writer and publisher
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