With the abdication of Queen Margrethe today, the world is now without a reigning queen. It is the first time since the 1800s that the world will be without a woman on a throne.
As such, there’s no one alive who will remember a time when a woman was not a monarch somewhere in the world.
All the thrones in Europe and the world are now taken by men. The current monarchies and their kings are listed below:
Bahrain: King Hamad
Belgium – King Philippe
Bhutan: King Jigme Khesar
Brunei: Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah
Cambodia: King Norodom Sihamoni
Denmark: King Frederik X
Eswatini: King Mswati III
Japan: Emperor Naruhito
Jordan: King Abdullah II
Kuwait: Emir Mishal Al-Ahmad
Lesotho: Letsie III
Liechtenstein: Prince Hans Adam II
Luxembourg: Grand Duke Henri
Malaysia: King Abdullah
Monaco: Prince Albert II
Morocco: King Mohammed VI
Norway: King Harald V
Oman: Sultan Haitham bin Tarik
Qatar: Emir Tamim
Saudi Arabia: King Salman
Spain: King Felipe VI
Sweden: King Carl XVI Gustaf
Thailand: King Rama X
Tonga: King Tupou VI
The Netherlands: King Willem-Alexander
United Arab Emirates: Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed
United Kingdom: King Charles III
For some monarchies, women are not allowed to reign; this includes the Arab monarchies and Japan. There is also one European monarchy with those rules – Liechtenstein.
However, the rest of Europe and Bhutan allow for female monarchs; for many of those countries, the future is female.
Belgium’s heir is Princess Elisabeth, while the Netherlands’ is Princess Amalia. Princess Ingrid Alexandra is a future monarch for Norway and Crown Princess Victoria for Sweden, and Spain will one day see Princess Leonor on the throne.
The next likely female monarch will be Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden who is the heir to her father, King Carl XVI Gustaf, but the King is in good health, so unless there is another abdication, it could be a while before the world sees a woman on a throne.
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