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Monarchs were participating in globohomo before anyone else. It was the nature of the monarchist system, with its constant intermarriages, that Europe's royal houses formed a continent-spanning elite that all participated in the same culture; one that was generally different from that of their subjects.
In his support for European integration, Karl Hapsburg is not only following the trends of modern liberalism; but is following in the traditions of his royal lineage; which spent several centuries trying to unite Europe (and other parts of the world) beneath their sceptre.