1.   He also called a plebiscite, which resulted in a vote ending the monarchy.

2.   The recent bloodbath may yet end the monarchy in Nepal.

3.   With his abdication, power passed to Grand Duke Mikhail Alexandrovich, his brother, who renounced the throne the next day, ending the monarchy.

4.   A phone-in poll then concluded that the Scotland was the only part of Britain where a majority wanted to end the monarchy.