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Originally Posted by Jaymoss
How will it make a difference? I do think having a monarchy makes more than it costs
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The Palace of versailles gets many, many more visitors than Buckingham Palace, millions more and there's sod all in it, certainly no royals, people don't come here to catch a glimpse of a royal, well a few oddballs aside maybe, they come here in spite of them not because of them
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Originally Posted by Chris
There are two essential tasks performed at the top of any modern nation state - head of state and head of government. These positions may or may not be held by the same person and one or other of them may be partially or entirely ceremonial in nature, as executive functions may be located in one sphere or the other. Exactly what you call the roles is a secondary issue. Kim Jong Un is styled ‘Supreme Leader’ rather than ‘king’ but nonetheless he is a hereditary monarch with absolute power not unlike some former European kings (notably in France, and that ultimately didn’t end well for them). The powers of the President of the USA are not unlike those of a British constitutional monarch of the 18th century, though they are defined by a written constitution rather than a millennium of tradition and precedent.
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It's much more complicated than just abolishing the royal family and tbh I could stomach them if they were trimmed right back, it's the class system they sit at the top of that I would like to see gone, old school ties and knowing lord blah is so 18th century
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Originally Posted by Hugh
Mate - get over it.
Kate’s taken…
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It's not Kate he's after it's Fergie
