>>511241240 (OP)dictatorships are (usually) non-hereditary monarchies, but without the royal title
the refusal to adopt a royal title is their downfall, as the reasoning is built upon self-defeating notions such as equality or populism. if monarchy is illegitimate, so is the monarch-in-denial. if monarchy is legitimate, why not declare yourself a monarch?
also all monarchies need to be hereditary or dynastic to last because it grants the monarch a biological incentive to care for his country's long-term standing, even in the absence of a moral incentive
and before anyone embarrasses himself: no, countries like britain or spain are not monarchies as they do not have a monarch (=sole ruler) but ceremonial figureheads who may as well be LARPers