A royalist supports a particular monarch as head of state for a particular kingdom, or of a particular dynastic claim. In the abstract, this position's royalism. It's distinct from monarchism, which advocates a monarchical system of government, but not necessarily a particular monarch. Most often, the term royalist's applied to a supporter of a current regime or one that's been recently overthrown to form a republic. In the United Kingdom today, the term's almost indistinguishable from "monarch… (More on Royalist)