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Originally Posted by Mark W
its a traditional paragraph, whats the big deal? why do we still have Beefeaters, changing of the guard and those silly sods with big bear hats standing around doing nothing all day......its centruies old tradition, and i think we are the richer for having some....unlike some nations i might add......
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Well, amongst other things it shows that you are, depite any seditious ideas that you may have to the contrary, not a free citizen but a mere subject. In, for example, the USA, you are a citizen and not a subject. It's a totally different mindset.
EDIT Er, I've a sneaking suspicion that Canadians also may be subjects.