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How is the Queen of England elected?
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Posted on 03/13/2011 1:59:52 PM PDT by macquire

The monarchy is not elected; the United Kingdom has a herditary monarchy with strict rules about who is to succede to the throne when a monarch dies or abdicates.

Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_is_the_Queen_of_England_elected#ixzz1GVzlfRl6


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To: macquire

Condom failure?


21 posted on 03/13/2011 2:38:20 PM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannolis. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: macquire

If Queens were elected, they’d have Elton John swishing through Buckingham Palace.


22 posted on 03/13/2011 2:38:29 PM PDT by SamAdams76 (I am 39 days from outliving Brandon Tarkikoff)
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To: garbanzo

Ever since the schools went from teaching the 3 “R”s to teaching the 2 “C”s (Condums and cucumbers), everything has gone down hill.


23 posted on 03/13/2011 2:38:57 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Look for the union label and just say, NO!)
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To: macquire

She hires a red diaper doper baby named Axelrod out of Chicago as her campaign manager


24 posted on 03/13/2011 2:40:03 PM PDT by Rome2000 (OBAMA IS A COMMUNIST CRYPTO-MUSLIM)
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To: macquire

Congratulations, you are the last person in the world to know this. I guess everyone has to be known for something.


25 posted on 03/13/2011 2:41:40 PM PDT by mnehring
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To: Spruce

You should tell that to Princess Diana, who suggested in Panorama that the monarchy succession skip over Charles and go straight to William instead.


26 posted on 03/13/2011 2:44:20 PM PDT by Niuhuru (The Internet is the digital AIDS; adapting and successfully destroying the MSM host.)
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To: mnehring; All

I have some stupid posts, but this takes the cake..


27 posted on 03/13/2011 2:50:11 PM PDT by KevinDavis (Radical Islam is a bigger threat than the LDS.)
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To: Niuhuru

Hardly Diana’s suggestion. And it’s very likely to happen.


28 posted on 03/13/2011 2:51:06 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: gorush

The Queen herself is only half-German. Her mother was Scottish. Her mother’s parents were Scottish, about as non-German as you can get. Prince Philip is Danish and Russian on his father’s side, with Polish and German thrown in on his mother’s side.


29 posted on 03/13/2011 2:58:34 PM PDT by La Lydia
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To: macquire

King Arthur was selected when he was handed a simitar by some watery bint, right?
Everything I learned about Royality Was learned from Monty Python and the Holy Grail.


30 posted on 03/13/2011 2:59:58 PM PDT by Yorlik803 (better to die on your feet than live on your knees.)
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To: mnehring

You don’t know a facetious post when you see it?

I am real tired of the Monarchy supporters that continually post their support for a friggin’ QUEEN and “Royals”.


31 posted on 03/13/2011 3:05:09 PM PDT by macquire
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To: KevinDavis

Uh, it was a JAB at the monarchy lovers here.


32 posted on 03/13/2011 3:05:57 PM PDT by macquire
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To: La Lydia

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. was born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark.


33 posted on 03/13/2011 3:06:27 PM PDT by Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)
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To: macquire

This has got to be the dumbest thread of the day. Why is this in news/activism? Puh-leese.... Queens and kings don’t get elected. Did you ever go to school?


34 posted on 03/13/2011 3:07:44 PM PDT by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis (Want to make $$$? It's easy! Use FR as a platform to pimp your blog!!!)
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To: macquire

You need to work on making your jabs more obvious so you don’t sound like an idiot.


35 posted on 03/13/2011 3:09:19 PM PDT by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis (Want to make $$$? It's easy! Use FR as a platform to pimp your blog!!!)
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To: Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)

The Greek royal family is Danish. Philip’s mother was Russian.


36 posted on 03/13/2011 3:12:04 PM PDT by La Lydia
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To: macquire

Duh. She pulls the sword Excalibur out of a stone.


37 posted on 03/13/2011 3:13:15 PM PDT by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: macquire

A long time ago an English friend put it perfectly. In the US, we have a Constitution that is the embodiment of our moral and national identity. In the UK, that lays in the Royal family. They no longer are dictators like a century or two ago, instead, they are a unique thing that makes England, England. When a young man goes off to war, he fights for the Queen, a personification of fighting for his country.

The Queen in particular, is the face and the soul of England. She represents their history, their future, and what they strive to be.

Yes, it doesn’t always make sense to us, but American culture is very different from European culture. I don’t begrudge them for it.


38 posted on 03/13/2011 3:14:41 PM PDT by mnehring
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To: macquire

Something about “divine right”.


39 posted on 03/13/2011 3:18:12 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Yorlik803
You can't expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you.

:->

40 posted on 03/13/2011 3:18:43 PM PDT by mnehring
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