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by rsynnott 404 days ago
> The main one that comes to my mind is the British monarchy (to the extent that they don't really have much power)

They don't have much power due to _many, many revolutions_; they may not generally get called that, but the wars leading up to the Magna Carta, and later the English Civil War, were clearly revolutions against the monarchy, and successfully limited its power.