If not for Queen Isabella of Spain, Columbus would not have made his discoveries of the Americas. All of the New World explorers were financed by the crown of a European country. And it was a king who is responsible for the translation of the bible into English - a translation that stands on its own as a great work of literature, that has been the source of great literature into modern times. Royalty commissioned and supported much of the art that is the cornerstone of western civilization.
Please open your eyes.
Pedro Cabral discovered Brazil in 1500 while trying to get to India--so if Columbus had never sailed, or if he had not got back safely to Europe with the news, the European discovery of the American continents would not have been long delayed. Of course there were some people in Iceland who knew about Greenland and "Vinland" but they don't seem to have been telling the rest of Europe about it.
Talk about an over-the-top reaction. I could write books on some of the great kings in history, but that doesn’t negate the fact that I believe in the sovereignty of the individual. I believe in free people selecting their own leaders. I reject the idea of any man automatically becoming a ruler simply because he was to the manor born. The God of the Bible, the God King James ostensibly worshipped, warned Israel about having a king, but they knew better, they cried out for a king and He gave them one.