Editing Abolition of monarchy (section)

== Monarchies that were abolished, restored, and continue to exist in the 21st century ==

{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2"|Country
! Year abolished
! Notes
! Year restored
! Years of republic
|-
| [[File:Flag of England.svg| 31px|border]] [[File:St Patrick's saltire.svg| 31px|border]]
| [[Kingdom of England|England]]
| 1649
| [[Commonwealth of England]] established, then Parliament reversed itself and invited the [[Stuart Restoration|return of the monarchy]].
| 1660
| 11
|-
| [[File:Flag of Scotland (1542-2003).svg|31x31px]]
| Scotland
| 1652
| [[Scotland under the Commonwealth|Commonwealth]]
| 1660
| 8
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[File:Flag of Spain.svg| 31px|border]]
| rowspan="2"| Spain
| 1873
| [[First Spanish Republic]] established.
| 1874
| 1
|-
| 1931
| [[Second Spanish Republic]] established; [[Law of Succession to the Headship of the State|restored]] ([[de jure]]) under the regency of [[Francisco Franco]].
| [[De jure]]: 1947<br />[[De facto]]: 1975
| [[De jure]]: 16<br />[[De facto]]: 44
|-
| [[File:Flag of Kuwait.svg| 31px|border]]
| [[Kuwait]]
| 1990
| [[Republic of Kuwait]] proclaimed prior to [[Kuwait Governorate|annexation]] by [[Ba'athist Iraq|Iraq]]; restored in the [[Gulf War]].
| 1991
| 1
|-
| [[File:Flag of Cambodia.svg| 31px|border]]
| [[Cambodia (1953–1970)|Cambodia]]
| 1970
| The [[Khmer Republic]] established; restored as an [[elective monarchy]].
| 1993
| 23
|}

Many other [[List of current monarchies|monarchies continue to exist]] in the 21st century, never having been abolished.