The Institut de la Maison Imperiale d'Haiti believes that both history and contemporary experience prove that Monarchy has been, is, and will continue to be of inestimable value in establishing and maintaining stability, welfare and dignity of all countries. In Spain, for example, the restoration of the Monarchy ensured a tranquil transition to democracy, and the people of many other countries see a return to Constitutional Monarchy as their way forward to establishing the free society that has been denied under extreme regimes of the Left or Right.

 

The world’s most stable nations are Monarchies. The constancy and political impartiality inherent in a soundly based Monarchy secures for its people freedom from civil or military dictatorship and ensures a genuine concern for the welfare of the entire community. A monarch stands above politics, not owing allegiance to any political party or group, and not beholden to any business interest which might fund a presidential campaign.

 

A monarch is able to unite a nation by representing all races, creeds, classes and political beliefs, because a monarch does not have to curry favour for votes from any section of the community. A monarch is invariably more widely popular than an Executive President, who can be elected by less than 50% of the electorate and may therefore represent less than half of the people. Elected presidents are concerned more with their own political futures and power. Monarchs are not subject to the influences which corrupt short-term presidents. A monarch looks back on centuries of history and forward to the well-being of the entire nation under his heir. By retaining certain constitutional powers, or at least denying them to others, a monarch is the safeguard against civil or military dictatorship.

 

Sir Winston Churchill said that had the Kaiser still been German Head of State after 1918, Hitler could not have come to power, or at least not remained there. In Italy, when in 1943 he had the opportunity to do so, King Victor Emmanuel removed Mussolini from office. Romania’s King Michael dismissed the dictator Antonescu and transferred his country from Axis to the Allies, for which he was decorated by the Great Powers, and in Bulgaria King Boris III (although obliged to enter the war on the side of the Axis), bravely refused to persecute Bulgarian Jews and would not commit his forces outside his country’s borders.

 

As we have seen in Spain and Thailand, monarchs have succeeded in defending democracy against the threat of permanent military take-over. Even Royal Families which are not reigning are dedicated to the service of their people, and continue to be regarded as the symbol of the nation. Prominent examples are H.R.H. the Duke of Braganza in Portugal and H.R.H. the Count of Paris in France. Royal Families forced to live in exile are often promoters of charities formed to help their countries.

 

(Source: International Monarchist League)