1.   Does it refer to King James, or to any reigning monarch, which now would be a queen?

2.   In the past he has suggested turning Capri into a mini-principality with Princess Stephanie of Monaco as reigning monarch.

3.   They command pay on a scale once reserved for reigning monarchs.

4.   Victoria was the reigning monarch at the time of Canadian confederation.

5.   When did we forget that Camelot was not a physical place but a mythical kingdom, that King Arthur was not a reigning monarch but a romantic fiction?

6.   As reigning monarch, Charles will be the temporal head of the church.

7.   Full-fledged state funerals are generally reserved for the reigning monarch but can be held for especially distinguished citizens by order of the sovereign or by a vote of Parliament.

8.   King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia of Spain arrived Saturday for a one-day visit, becoming the first reigning monarchs to visit the state.

9.   King Juan Carlos arrived in Manila Saturday with Queen Sofia for a four-day visit, the first by a reigning Spanish monarch to this former Spanish colony.

10.   Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Philip, will visit Australia next March in what could be the last visit of a reigning monarch to the country.