The path to citizenship?

You might follow the route of King Louis XVI. As a monarch he was all powerful. As a citizen he lost his head.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_XVI_of_France

Louis was officially arrested on 13 August 1792, and sent to the Temple, an ancient fortress in Paris that was used as a prison. On 21 September, the National Assembly declared France to be a Republic and abolished the Monarchy. Louis was stripped of all of his titles and honours, and from this date was known as simply Citoyen Louis Capet.