There was severe unemployment as the country lacked farmlands or factories and the gaming establishment banned the hiring of the prince's subjects.

They demanded a constitution and a parliament with the threat of overthrowing the monarchy and establishing a republic should the prince fail to comply.

[3][4] In early March 1910, a delegation made up of Suffren Peymond, Théodore Gastaud, André Marsan and Charles Bellando de Castro arrived to deliver an ultimatum to the prince.

Nevertheless, Prince Albert I still wielded considerable power and suspended the constitution during World War I.

After Prince Albert I's death in 1922, The New York Times published a 1921 interview with him on the process and his views on the need for the 1911 revolution.