the muzzies will finish them off
I think they will still keep their title but it might not mean a lot.
I think the Russian Revolution scared the dickens out of Britain’s royalty. I have always believed that is why they passed the severe 1919 gun controls.
No king but Jesus!
I have no sympathy for them at all. The queen took an oath as head of the Anglican Church, and in her recent sickening move, legalizing sodomite sham ‘marriage’, she violated that oath. I mean, when monarchs don’t even keep their oaths, they really are reduced to glorified welfare leeches. The whole establishment leadership of the UK, royal and parliamentary should be overthrown.
How we despise our forebears for bowing and scraping to the aristocracy. But we do the same to rock stars.
Leeds City Council has apologised to Bruce Springsteen for ticketing his tour trucks when they were left on double yellow lines. The tickets were ‘legitimately issued’. But thanks to ‘special circumstances’ they were cancelled.
As far as I can see, the special circumstances were Mr Springsteen’s celebrity, and his celebrity. Oh, and his fame
Nobility = Mafia.
Brings in a lot of tourism money. They are worth the investment.
They can continue on for a while if they marry a Bush or Clinton.
They’re German: Vindschorrs!
A long of history reveals the somewhat depressing fact that monarchy is the default. Democracy and republicanism make fleeting appearances in the ancient world, and then again in modern times. But most of the time, in most places, one person or group held all the power, and usually by force. Hitchens is wrong. He doesn’t even pay attention to his own history- after they beheaded Charles I they tried a republic, which failed and became a Puritan dictatorship led by Cromwell. He might have called himself “Lord Protector” but he was as much a king as any. And even after that bout of despotism the English summoned a king. Why? Because it was the default. There was some talk of making George Washington king at the outset of the United States, and a lesser man would have accepted it. Again, when in doubt, some went for the default. The weight of history is against Hitchens’ assertion.
I will say it annoys me a little bit that, for instance, school taxes are based on property assessments yet those that own no property always vote to raise my taxes! NY property taxes are not cheap!
(I must have been the wife of a noble in the House of Lords that owned a large amount of land in a past life!/S)
I actually can see some benefits from a monarchy but in the Windsors case I think I would take all their riches from them and auction it off. All proceeds would be distributed equally to all citizens.
I would probably let them keep part of their estate in Scotland which is where they seem to want to stay anyway. They could probably make enough off their names and fame so that they would still not have to work. Some of them would also get a military pension.
No doubt that baby will never be poor. But it is a very bizarre life. These royals live in a fishbowl their entire lives. That is simply not normal and must be a severe burden. The men often have military careers probably to feel useful and have some real friendships. IMHO most of them especially Charles wishes they were commoners.
The King and Queen will always be there. A King and Queen bring in multi-millions of dollars from tourists. Britain can’t afford to be without them.
They will have a branch of the Saudi royals ruling Europe
By the time the dynasty ends the Windsors will be wealthy enough that it won’t matter.
By the time ‘’Baby George’’ is ten, fifteen tops, Canterbury Cathedral will be a mosque.
The should have done it years ago.
“But where says some is the King of America? I’ll tell you Friend, he reigns above, and doth not make havoc of mankind like the Royal Brute of Britain. Yet that we may not appear to be defective even in earthly honors, let a day be solemnly set apart for proclaiming the charter; let it be brought forth placed on the divine law, the word of God; let a crown be placed thereon, by which the world may know, that so far as we approve as monarchy, that in America THE LAW IS KING. For as in absolute governments the King is law, so in free countries the law ought to be King; and there ought to be no other. But lest any ill use should afterwards arise, let the crown at the conclusion of the ceremony be demolished, and scattered among the people whose right it is.”
—Thomas Paine, Common Sense, 1776