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Constitutional Crises Are Making European Monarchs Relevant Again

Martin Arostegui

   MADRID - Europe's monarchs, long relegated to ceremonial duties, lavish
   weddings and tabloid gossip fodder, are suddenly on the verge of
   becoming relevant again.

   Spain's King Felipe VI took a leading role in confronting Catalonian
   separatism when he denounced as outlaws the regional leaders who staged
   a 2017 independence referendum, asserting the monarchy's constitutional
   duty to preserve national unity.

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