Yes, monarchies are so good that we, French, we had a Revolution and several small one to get a Republic…

“Democratic Athens” was democratic only if you don’t count the slaves… If you do, it was an oligarchy, far from democracy…

“Monarchy leads to Imperialism”: Not only. No political system is immune of the temptation to imperialism. The French III Republic was the one which developed the 2nd Colonial Empire…

“Still I believe that a constitutional democratic monarchy is the best form of government”: Well, the fall of all Empires and Monarchies is a definite proof that what you believe is questionable…