In a referendum today, the men of this constitutional monarchy narrowly granted women the right to vote.

With about 85 percent of the electorate voting, 2,370 men, or 51.3 percent, voted in favor of womens' suffrage, with 2,251, or 48.7 percent, voting against.

The vote ended majority opposition that in referendums in 1971 and 1973 blocked women from getting the right to vote. It was a victory for Prince Hans Adam, the de facto ruler of the principality, which is the size of Washington, D.C., and has a population of 26,000.

Prince Adam has been in charge of the country since his father, Franz Josef II, 77 years old, Europe's longest- reigning ruler, relinquished his responsibilities but not his title to the throne earlier this year.