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As a fellow monarchist, I am of course encouraged by this news. Monarchy is the natural and traditional form of Christian government, and I am confident that its time will come again. A monarch is neither a dictator nor a tyrant — and, in any case, could hardly be worse than the various presidents, führers, and Dear Leaders coughed up since 1848 by republics and other popular governments. Lord Acton's dictum that “absolute power corrupts absolutely” is nowhere shown to be more true than in those states with popular government: given absolute power, the people of a given state will slowly but surely become absolutely corrupt, leading to a bread-and-circuses bureaucracy, then to chaos as government collapses under the weight of competing interest groups, setting the stage for a Napoleon to arise and restore civil order. Then, with a whiff of grapeshot, the cycle begins again.

Christianity is a religion based on hierarchy, not popular rule — the Kingdom of God, not the Republic of Heaven. Our Lord is the King of Kings, not the President of Presidents. Following His divine example, Christian societies grew and thrived under the rule of Christian princes — men given authority by God to maintain order, establish justice, and protect their subjects. Then came the so-called enlightenment; Man refused to be subject to anything except his belly and his own will to power, and cast off God's appointed authorities in favor of the pagan practice of democracy. Man became the measure of all things; he became as a god, deciding for himself what is good and evil, right and wrong, legal and illegal, human being or life-unworthy-of-life. Thev West could afford to entertain itself with the folly of democracy as long as its moral capital — its Christian culture — remained to cover the cost. But today that cultural capital is almost all spent; without it, our civilization is morally bankrupt — and the receivers will not be gentle when they come into its possession.

So, Long Live the King! God save Crown Prince Alexander! And may the West profit from his example.