Monday, December 31, 2012

2012 - The Year in Review








-The Mad Monarchist


  1. Keep on your crusade, sir! I've been following your blog since 2010, and it's always a pleasure to read your articles! Have a nice 2013, sir! Greetings from Brazil

  2. I hate to say it, but I'm not feeling optimistic about monarchy in 2013. The ravening Jacobin mob has been increasingly vociferous in recent days. Two places I'm particularly worried about: the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, where the Islamists are making openly seditious anti-monarchist statements, and Belgium, which is on the verge of disaster as the Flemish and the Walloons both turn on the one stable, unifying institution, viz. the monarchy.

    Restoration hopes are slightly better, esp. in Eastern Europe. If handled correctly, Romania and Serbia could both see monarchies before 2020, and Albania may also follow.

    Anyway, a happy new year to you, and thank you for acting as the vanguard of monarchism online. You fulfil an invaluable role, drumming up support for current monarchies and ensuring dormant ones are not forgotten. I look forward to a monarchist 2013.

  3. Thank you for another excellent year of contributions! Can't wait to see what 2013 holds for this page, and the monarchies of the world!

  4. 2012 was just a generally terrible year by most regards, but at least every monarchy came through alright and we have some optimistic things to look forward to in 2013.

    Belgium, Bahrain, Kuwait, and even Spain and Sweden are of some concern, we also can't be too complacent about some of the Commonwealth realms, particularly Jamaica, Barbados, and the Solomon Islands which have some pretty strong republican elements right now.

    Still, developments in Montenegro and Serbia are especially encouraging. The former came very close to restoring it's monarchy last year (2011), while polls in Serbia continue to show something like 2/3 in favor of monarchy. Why neither country has yet held a referendum in the matter is beyond me, the people are clearly ready to have their kings back. Maybe 2013.

    Another place to watch is Fiji - monarchist sentiment is still pretty strong their, and they are going through public forums on their new constitution right now, and will adopt the final version of it by the end of 2013 - there may be an outside chance of a constitutional monarchy, not holding my breath, but there's some hope.

    Anyway, I really enjoy the blog and wish you and your readers all the best for 2013. Keep fighting the good fight.

  5. So, it is 2013, about a year and a half to go before we reach the 100th anniversary of the First World War. Republicans in many remaining monarchies are as relentless and ardent as ever, always bringing up monarchy when it should not be an issue at all especially in countries where a referendum already took place like Australia. It is as if they want to have a referendum every single year until their monarchies are finally abolished. On the other hand, the subject of monarchy is not even an issue at all in republics and I don't see any visible serious discussion or debate about it.

    I have been wondering about what does it take to restore a monarchy. It seems to me that all future restorations of monarchies have to be done through a referendum and the result will always come down to the people who even bother to vote. Then, that would only happen if the republican government allows a plebiscite to be held in the first place and the only time I remember that a republic had a referendum on monarchy is when Brazilian monarchists suffered a disastrous defeat in 1993. This means it is highly likely that the governments of countries with a good chance of restoration like Serbia and Romania will need to called on by their people to even begin discussing monarchy.

    Then, there is the question of what does it take to become a monarchist when so many people are stupid enough to be easily convinced by republicans and other vile enemies of monarchy to believe all those ugly and ignorant slanders about this sublime tradition.

    Just like other years, we all should hope for the best in 2013. After all, so many unexpected things happened in the past. Let's keep reminding those republicans that monarchy will not disappear without a fight and hope things would turn out for the better so that the next generation won't have to do this all over again.


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