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Am I alone in wondering why didn't the Brits send these inbred twits to the guillotine?

First, Princess Michael is a member of the British Royal Family by marriage (most of the bad one are, especially Diana, Princess of Wales; but then so too some of the best ones, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, R.I.P.) so that is utterly irrelevant.

Secondly because we tried getting rid of the monarchy once before, the result was a military dictatorship under Oliver Cromwell where people were arrested for celebrating Christmas. In 1660 the King came back, and there was massive rejoicing (I will be attending a Mass on Saturday in celebration of the anniversary). If we did get rid of the monarchy, whilst we may not get a dictatorship again, we would have a politician as our head of state, and I can think of fewer things worse for a country. We have been a monarchy for over a thousand years, and I cannot think of a single republic which has lasted that long. It's a simple fact, monarchy is the best form of government ever.

Have to disagree with you there I'm afraid. I'd like it if our Head of State could be an elected person. Then I could at least tell my children that if they worked hard, then, maybe one day they could be it. In the U.S everyone can aspire to that goal.

At the moment we're just stuck with Inbred, toffy nosed scroungers. We're not even citizens of this great country, just subjects.

Royal Family? No thanks!!

Don't the royals themselves have some black blood in them? GeorgeIII was married to Charlotte who supposedly had African roots, even though she was from Germany. Also, many of the royals have native 'relatives' in the islands.I think it is publicly acknowledged that Lord Mountbatten had a black mistress - well at least had an offspring with a black woman.

In 1660 the King came back, and there was massive rejoicing...

...And we've had no truck with religious extremism ever since, thank God. Since then, however, every monarch has ruled with the knowledge that if they did something against the will of Parliament there was a fair chance their head would end up on a pike on Tower Bridge. Keeps them on their toes. I'm a supporter of the monarchy too, but I think it's disingenuous to refer to us as a "monarchy" in the same way as we were a monarchy before Cromwell. This Princess Michael thing just proves that the royals should keep their mouths shut unless they are reading speeches prepared by wiser heads.

Well, the Queen's orl roight, but what about bonking off one of these here fluff? Loike this here Princess Michael -- but you can keep Lady Victoria Hervey and Tara P-T (she ain't really royalty is she? I can never figure out why she's a "celebrity" over there!)

Cromwell, while a brilliant military strategist, was, as you stated, not exactly a paragon of republican leadership. The Irish-American community particularly hold him in ill regardto this day.

Nevertheless, I still think that the Brits should send the House of Hanover into exile. Of course, my opinion doesn't count for sh-t as I am not a subject of their rule anyway. Remember that from an American perspective, all royalty are essentially millionaires living off the public dole. :-)