What are the similarities between monarchy and democracy?

A true
monarchy and a democracy are more notable for their differences than for their similarities.
Democracy means that citizens make decisions for their nation or elect politicians to make these
decisions on their behalf (as in representative democracies). These government officials and
politicians serve limited terms of service before stepping down or being reelected. Monarchies
are usually ruled by a dynasty of rulers who come to power through the right of heredity.
Monarchs serve for life. In an absolute monarchy, the people have little, if any, say.

There are, however, constitutional monarchies in which the monarch has limited power or
merely serves the function of a figurehead. In this case, the country functions as both a
democracy and a monarchy. In this type of monarchy, people elect representatives to a
legislature in much the same way that people do in a republic. Both systems have courts to
settle legal matters. In a representative democracy, judges are elected by the people or
appointed by elected officials. This is true in most constitutional monarchies as well. In more
traditional or absolute monarchies, judges are appointed directly by the monarch or the monarch
serves this role themselves.

As you can see, there are some similarities
between a constitutional monarchy and a representative democracy. An absolute monarchy is
another matter altogether, as there are few, if any, similarities to
democracies.