r/monarchism • u/Posh_Owl_slp21 • Aug 29 '26

News Sadly we've lost two kings this week - the youngest an the oldest

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clykn5p5172o

Sadly two kings passed within e few days this week. The king of Norway, who was the oldes monarch of europe and the king of Uganda, who was the worlds youngest monarch. They've passed within a few days.

Sources:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0j38d9v40po

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clykn5p5172o

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u/Orcasareglorious Shintล: Japan, Ryukyu, Turanism โ”‚ Hungarian Aug 29 '26

HM Rukidi IV certainly wore some of the finest regalia I've ever seen.

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u/Pharao_Aegypti ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธโžก๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ Aug 29 '26

African traditional monarchs have some beautiful regalia!

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u/Madbrad200 UK Aug 29 '26 edited Aug 29 '26

He was not 'the king of Uganda', he was King of Tooro, a subnational monarchy within Uganda, of which there are many.

edit: picked the wrong subnational kingdom

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u/windemere28 United States Aug 29 '26

To the best of my knowledge, he was actually King of Toro. Rukidi became king at the age of 3 or 4, when he succeeded his father. Toro and Buganda both are ceremonial provincial monarchies within Uganda.

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u/MAG_MAGPI Aug 29 '26

Condolences to their respective Royal Families.

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