Ruler of the Pride Lands

The Ruler of the Pride Lands is the formal title given to the absolute monarch of the Pride Lands. Being an absolute monarch, the king or queen is vested with full executive and judicial control.

Residence
The official residence of the monarch is Pride Rock, where the king or queen lives with his or her faithful subjects, the lionesses, as well as his or her family.

Duties
The duties of the king include, but are not limited to:
 * Welcoming birds
 * Granting gazelles their grazing grounds
 * Behooving the official turaco whistles
 * Guarding clearings of thistles and thorns
 * Residing over aardvark wedding rites
 * Coaching mongooses on their bites
 * Listening to the pleas of the zebras
 * Blessing animals when they sneeze
 * Assigning songbirds to their trees
 * Advising confused chimpanzees
 * Consoling flea-ridden giraffes
 * Setting the limits on bushbuck hopping
 * Judging the hipposs' belly-flopping
 * Considering the complaints of crocodiles
 * Tenderly kissing baby porcupines
 * Granting animals their blessing to allow them to stay in the Pride Lands

Succession to the Throne
The order of succession is based on equal primogeniture, meaning inheritance by the oldest surviving child without regard to gender. The heir apparent is usually the eldest. However, it would be within the monarch's prerogative (as absolute monarch) to amend the line of succession, include non-family members, or completely exclude royals from the line of succession altogether.