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To: annalex
FYI, this guy is the eldest son of the Orleanist "pretender" to the French monarchy - one of three competing factions of French monarchists who would love to overthrow the Republic and reestablish a monarchy.

For some strange reason, monarchism has always been somewhat common in France. The problem for the monarchists - and this is a problem for monarchies everywhere - is that everybody likes the of having a king so long as they're the king. Hence the three major factions.

13 posted on 01/11/2015 5:19:57 PM PST by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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To: Alter Kaker

True. There hasn’t been a legitimate succession to the French throne since @1824, so the question of who is the legitimate heir is rather confused.
Still, this is something that the French have several times worked out in assembly in other past cases.


16 posted on 01/11/2015 5:30:49 PM PST by buwaya
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To: Alter Kaker
The problem for the monarchists - and this is a problem for monarchies everywhere - is that everybody likes the of having a king so long as they're the king

No, that is not the case at all. I am as commoner as anyone can get, -- I barely know my grandparents, -- but I am a monarchist, and yes, I will prefer most any king to most any democratic 4-year-lease government any time.

87 posted on 01/12/2015 7:45:17 AM PST by annalex (fear them not)
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