Can a king retire?

Recently, due to the largely ceremonial nature of the regnant in many constitutional monarchies
constitutional monarchies
The politics of Tonga take place in a framework of a constitutional monarchy, whereby the King is the Head of State and the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. Tonga's Prime Minister is currently appointed by the King from among the members of Parliament after having won the support of a majority of its members.
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, many monarchs have abdicated due to old age, such as the monarchs of Spain, Cambodia, the Netherlands and Japan.

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2023-06-24 15:56:32

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Can a king get dethroned?
In today's politics, to force a leader out of office is to depose them — except in the case of a monarchy, when we use the word dethrone. It literally means "to remove from the throne" and therefore refers specifically to those who sit on thrones: namely, kings and queens.
2024-02-09 14:45:05

Can a king cancel out king?
In chess can a king
king
The king (♔, ♚) is the most important piece in the game of chess. It may move to any adjoining square; it may also perform a move known as castling. If a player's king is threatened with capture, it is said to be in check, and the player must remove the threat of capture on the next move.
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kill a king: No, you can't kill a king with another king, because remember the rule: You can' put your king under a threat intentionally, that's an illegal move. If you want to do that you can simply resign from the game, which would have the same result.
2024-01-14 13:36:15

What is higher than a king in cards?
(a) The rank of the cards used in all types of poker other than low poker, for the determination of winning hands, in order of highest to lowest rank, shall be: ace, king
king
The king is a playing card with a picture of a king displayed on it. The king is usually the highest-ranking face card. In the French version of playing cards and tarot decks, the king immediately outranks the queen. In Italian and Spanish playing cards, the king immediately outranks the knight.
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, queen, jack
jack
A Jack or Knave, in some games referred to as a bower, is a playing card which, in traditional French and English decks, pictures a man in the traditional or historic aristocratic or courtier dress, generally associated with Europe of the 16th or 17th century. The usual rank of a jack is between the ten and the queen.
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, 10, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three and two.
2024-01-14 01:36:44

Is there a king of angels?
The reason the Bible tells us all this is not so that we will be aware and amazed by angels, but so that we will stand in awe of Jesus, the King of angels. If angels are so great that a man who saw one would be tempted to worship the angel, just imagine the splendor of the One the angels themselves worship.
2023-03-26 09:42:09

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