The tide of the 20th century has been towards Republicanism, but many countries still retain strong and powerful monarchies. This program looks at these surviving monarchies to see how they adapted and changed with the times to ensure that they remained popular with their people and relevant to the political world in which they lived. The program looks at the House of Windsor after the crisis of the abdication of Edward VIII, the Japanese Imperial throne after Japan’s defeat in World War II, the Hashimite monarchy of Jordan after the creation of Israel and the rise of Nasser’s Egypt, the Belgian monarchy after accusations of capitulation to the Nazis, and the Spanish monarchy after the death of Franco. (49 minutes)