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Originally Posted by markymoan
i was in the forces and as such swore to protect my country and the queen having a royal family is an honour
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Do you believe that for yourself of because it was drilled into you by the army? No offence, but if you want to persuade someone to charge at a heavily-armed foreigner who is probably going to shoot you to pieces, it is easier to get you to do it if you're convinced that you are fighting to serve a glorious, powerful almost mystical figure like a king or queen than it is to get you to die for esoteric notions like democracy and freedom.
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i live on a council estate and still proud to be british as we all should
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I lived on a council estate for the last five years and I'm still proud to be British too. Why, do council estates tend to make people ashamed of being British?
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so stop the anti royal and stand up and be proud ( with a big please )
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I don't agree with your implication that to be anti-Royal is to be anti-British. It would be interesting to get everyone who is interested in this thread to compile a list of things that define Britishness. Then we can compare it with what the royal family stands for and perhaps find out whether, in fact, having a royal family is becoming increasingly un-British.