I much prefer my Google result:
Sycophancy is flattery that is very obedient, or an indication of deference to another, to an excessive or servile degree. Sycophancy is also the fawning behavior of a sycophant; servile flattery. A user of sycophancy, is referred to as a sycophant. The word sycophant has its origin in the legal system of Classical Athens.
If we ditch the Royals and opt for a Presidential system who shall we use for a model.?
Interesting question Kev that maybe deserves a topic all to itself.
You mention two of the (in recent times) Wests bogeymen, Gaddafi and Saddam Hussein, however since they were over thrown/deposed their respective countries have been in turmoil with countless deaths through terrorism/nationalism/anythingism. So many folks have come out and said they preferred they devil they knew rather than state their countries are in now. Its sleepy o'clock for me right now but if anyone wants references or quotes I can add them tomorrow.
The wee fella is a democratically elected prez. I wouldn't vote for him, but a lot of Turks did.
Every Russian I've met (OK, three or four) reckons the even wee'er fella is the man.
I'll give you Trump and Assad, but turn the clock back a few years and that famous Yorkshire politician Ebagum was the flavour of the month until he had a reverse in both his politics and name.
The royals? I think I much prefer that famous TV family to the Germanic custodians of the English throne.
JF