Imagine, just imagine, hypothetically speaking that the next in line to the thrown was a complete Wally!
Due to the nature of the system this Wally will be King or Queen through right……..because they won the biological lottery.
If, as some say, the Head of State holds no real power or...
pull the other one. As an non elected head of state she sits as the figure head but has no actual responsibility for the day to day operation of the armed forces. Now if you were to ask me if the Defence Secretary or Chief of the Defence Staff has a significant roll I would say yes.
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Have a think about Paris for a moment. The city with the most tourists in Europe year on year. People go to see the Palaces, not because Kings and Queens spend the odd day there, but because they are part of HISTORY. The bonus is that you can now go inside them and view very nice art!
This was challenged and VisitBritain then withdrew it as it is based on a dubious bit of maths in which they calculated a percentage of all heritage tourism that had some vague connection with royalty.
This is true