Life has its illnesses and ends, but it lasts every day. Monarchs are rulers for life – babies or princes when they are born, kings when they inherit – but the moment they get cancer, public opinion changes. They are more worried about the health of the monarchy than they are about the health of the king. Even in the United Kingdom, the paragon of monarchy, the contradiction is worth it. Monarchs breed, procreate and raise to ensure succession, but monarchists consider it a serious event for the institution to replace a dead king with a replacement. It is not clear: A queen is dead, her king is sick, but there is a prince in waiting and his successor. What is the problem with an institution that has been entrenched for centuries and entrenched by the West’s most rigid class system? In fact, this isn’t the first time this has happened. Queen Victoria’s son, Edward VII, waited for the throne for 59 years, 2 months and 13 days; Carlos III, son of Isabel II, 73 years, 9 months and 25 days. On the other hand, this is where the life expectancy (of kings) will be from the 20th century to the 21st century. Eduardo has been in power for 9 years and 3 months, and Carlos for 1.5 years.
