Posted on 05/19/2018 8:32:28 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
But she would, royalties are earnings and her TV shows will be on re-runs, her movies on DVD, etc. Her previous acting work will prodcue a lifelong income that will require filing of a US tax return.
Only if she has lifelong residuals...which very few do
Plus her so called work as an actress is uninteresting. I doubt it will produce much
My Uncle retired from the Railroad, he then invested in rental homes and an apartment building and a few other things. When he passed away my aunt had more issues with the Railroad Retirement than anything else he left her. I seem to remember she did get a widow’s benefit and health insurance from that but also remember it caused her issues with taxes and things. It seemed to be different than anything else.
I certainly know the implications of the word “commoner” in the Brit system. You are missing my point about the difference between manmade titles and biological bloodlines, nor did I plagarize any post from Closer Magazine (GailA posted it, I merely commented on it as posted); but it doesn’t matter. You like to debate in black and white, absolute terms. I am more interested in shades of meaning. Therefore we may rarely agree on matters of historical dispute, such as whether or not Queen Charlotte was actually part black or whether it was the fake news of the day. Either is possible, but I really don’t care about it. Religion is what matters.
To be honest, I don’t understand your post. I don’t understand this stuff about “black and white” in particular. I am only posting what is defined in the British peerage system. Somehow it seems peculiarly American to rewrite how the Brits strictly define royalty, aristocracy and commoners. But it isn’t all that important, so let’s drop it.
The Arch Duke Franz-Ferdinand and heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, had such a union and therefore, his children had NO claim, whatsoever, to the throne, if the monarchy had survived WW I!
Being an aristo, in any nation, but especially in the UK, in 2018,has absolutely NO bearing on being a "ROYAL"; not to mention some many centuries back, legit or wrong side of the sheets, a birth to some long ago ROYAL was! ERGO, NO aristo is a "ROYAL", but IS a "commoner"!
And the whole stupid "QUEEN CHARLOTTE WAS BIRACIAL" crap is not only specious CRAP, but patently ridiculous!
The press in Great Britain, during the time King George III was alive ( and afterwards too ), was as brutal, if not more so, than what we have in the USA today! Political cartoons were vicious; even MORE vicious than today's FAKE NEWS and tweets! And before you claim that this stuff only reached a few, please allow me to disabuse you of that idea. This crude and yes, vulgar stuff was EVERYWHERE and because they were cartoons, even the illiterate could understand what the pictures meant, even though they couldn't read the words.
Di and Kate were/are commoners and "IF" somehow related to the ROYAL family, many, many, many, many generations back ( and far removed from the House of Windsors !), it's so far back, as to be completely removed from "consanguinity", that a claim of "INBRED" is beyond laughable in the extreme!
And FYI...the late Queen Mother ( Elizabeth II's mother ) was also a "commoner", though an aristo!
Thanks for explaining all that, Camilla.
I doubt that you understood my Cliff's Notes history lesson, but you should be. Bless your heart.
It seems you are back.
Bet that nobody reading this thread ( except you ) has ever even heard of a "MORGANISTIC" royal marriage. *snicker*
Oh, yes, I know they tried it with Mrs. Simpson. I’m not nearly the expert on royalty as you are, though.
As you know, the whole kings & queens of Europe and England caught my attention and curiosity, when I was really very young...so I just kept reading and studying history and still do. :-)
The ANGLO-SAXON CHRONICLES is a fascinating book. :-)
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