"monarch" is a word that is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe a monarch or an emperor, such as a king or queen. For example: "The monarch sat upon their throne and ruled the kingdom with a steady hand."
I remember a time when foreign billionaires were allowed to make architectural changes to a posh part of London, and Prince Charles used his influence to alter it – it was never clear why the billionaires could do anything, but a future monarch was not even supposed to have an opinion.
Abdullah's succession as Saudi Arabia's sixth monarch resulted from his father King Abdulaziz ibn Saud's strategy of marrying the daughters and widows of defeated enemies.
Saudi Arabia provided intelligence information before the 7/7 London bombing, Abdullah said, but London failed to act, according to the monarch.
Lindo says: "With this year signifying the Queen's entry into the record books as the world's longest reigning monarch, it would be fitting to mark the occasion with the announcement of Britain's first official national bird – especially if it's the swan".
In fact, the Mirrenised, which is to say the ever more idealised monarch of public wishfulness, may partly account for the consternation, last week, when the publication of a group photograph of the holders of her Order of Merit suggested that the Queen is not, after all, much of a feminist.
Betty Boothroyd, former Speaker of the Commons, is the solitary woman out of 23 (the death of Sir Anthony Caro in 2013 left an unfilled vacancy) holders of the order, one said to be unique for being the direct gift of the monarch.
But much of the transformation of the Queen's image, from the chilly, notoriously philistinic matriarch who couldn't care less about Diana to an ever more droll and sympathetic mentor to pitifully grateful prime ministers is surely attributable to Mirren's superb acting, and to the writers who have increasingly depicted the monarch as – so long as you are not Margaret Thatcher – fabulous company.
The Queen, who remains above the political fray as a constitutional monarch, observed the proprieties of not endorsing either side in the referendum.
Princess Charlotte's great-grandmother is Britain's second-longest-reigning monarch.
It's official, Queen Elizabeth II is now the oldest monarch in the world.
King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand, on the throne for 68 years, is the current longest reigning monarch.
