household in the uk are expected to fall rom july, according to forecasts a new price cap for energy prices will be set next week. now on bbc news, europe s royals revealed royals reborn. washington dc is the heart of the free world. let s go now to capitol hill. i m katty kay, and in more than 20 years here spent here in the news business, i ve grown accustomed to thinking of this as the centre of power. decisions that reverberate around the globe are made here by politicians who proudly championed democracy the rule of the people, by the people. we are here to assess the real meaning of the results. but it s not the only way or necessarily the best. a recent poll shows that of the 15 most successful democracies, nine are monarchies. the founding fathers rejected a king, but many europeans feel a royal family is an asset. i m leaving washington on a royal mission, as the uk has a new king charles iii. i want to find out how other royal families, many of them king cha
a recent poll shows that of the 15 most successful democracies, nine are monarchies. the founding fathers rejected a king, but many europeans feel a royal family is an asset. i m leaving washington on a royal mission, as the uk has a new king charles iii. i want to find out how other royal families, many of them king charles relations, manage to stay relevant in the 21st century. i ll be mixing in royal circles. how was it? c etait bien? and visiting palaces. you can t walk past that line. then you will shoot me? yeah. talking to insiders. that is more my style. do i look like a princess? i can curtsy and talk at the same time. and consulting princes and princesses about life with a crown. your highness. tell me how you would like me to address you. your highness or princess, orjust martha, i don t mind. or life without a crown. i grew up in exile, i couldn t go in my country. are there lessons for good king charles in the modern game of thrones? so far i have been discuss
it s wonderful, and welcome to tirana. thank you so much for having us here. i m very pleased to be here. i want to check i ve got the title right. indeed, the title s right, but amongst friends, just call me leka. and i m now a friend? indeed. even in a painting, king zog dominates the room, a maverick with a taste for a fight. he survived 55 attempts on his life the only known monarch to return fire when ambushed. his descendant isn t exactly a commoner, but he isn t exactly a king either. he lives in a post soviet limbo, hoping to transition some day. 50 years of communist propaganda has had an impact on the albanian society. living in a country which.lost the monarchy, and meeting daily with people who miss, they trust and often believe that the monarchy is the only
tirana is a city on the up. the smell of new concrete and fresh paint is strong in the centre. but away from the hubbub, there are relics of the royal past. this villa was built as a palace for king zog, but he never even got to move in. it was begun in the 1930s in the fascist style so popular with fascists but mussolini kicked zog out before it was even completed. today, it s the official residence of the president, not the prince. a monument to how things change, and a wistful reminder of the careful line leka has to tread if princess geraldine is ever to wear a crown. i came to albania thinking this could be the big flashing warning sign for other
zog was a godlike figure or a devil. a saviour or a tyrant. he was prime minister, then president, then in 1928 he crowned himself europe s first and only muslim king. but he didn t have a drop of royal blood. tirana was zog s capital city, but not for long. from 1946 to 1991, albania was communist. this was stalin boulevard a place for parades for the people s republic of albania. and now it s king zog i boulevard, which i think counts as a return to prominence for a monarch who was deposed by mussolini in 1939.