Visiting Monarchs
There exist 44 monarch-headed countries in the present but only 29 monarchs in total because Elizabeth II is considered the constitutional monarch of 16 states of Commonwealth realms. Of all 29 monarchs, 25 accepted the invitation from the Royal Thai Government to join the celebrations in Thailand: 13 countries participated the celebrations by themselves, 12 sent their representatives. The two countries that could not join the celebrations were Nepal, owing to the internal political instability, and Saudi Arabia, owing to the royal health and its prevailing circumstances.
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