Arthur Hughes paintings

Arthur Hughes paintings
Albert Bierstadt paintings
They exist in places as familiar as Spain and as far away as Samoa in the South Pacific.They are also a part of countries as isolated as Bhutan, the "hermit kingdom" atop the Himalayas and as cosmopolitan as Belgium, headquarters for NATO and the European Union.There are also differences in the nature of monarchies and the degree to which rulers hold power: Some are absolute monarchs, others share power in constitutional monarchies, and still others are mere ornaments of state.The Future of the House of WindsorBritain, host to the world's most famous royals, is a constitutional monarchy. There's little question that the House of Windsor has lost much of its luster since the death in 1997 of Princess Diana.But Diana and her troubled marriage to Prince Charles weren't the only causes of the downward spiral. The antics of "Fergie," now ex-wife of Prince