For queen and country?

[Thunder Bolt]

Perfectly said. Let's not also forget that some of the Royals have actually put their lives on the line for this country - Prince Andrew and Prince Harry to name but two.

I'll name another living one as Prince Philip who served in WWII.

 

[spring hall convert]

I used to be a fervent Republican but to be honest I don't really care about it any more. Still, it gives the press something to do doesn't it.

I do find it hard to justify why people should be so privilidged through accident of birth though.

 

[Soulman]

Perfectly said. Let's not also forget that some of the Royals have actually put their lives on the line for this country - Prince Andrew and Prince Harry to name but two.

Yep, Prince William is a helicopter pilot, qualified, and Harry has served in Afghan, neither had to, they both work. Our Royal family seem to be far more popular around the world, and respected, than they are here.

 

[Hungry Joe]

Indeed - I doubt many people on NSC have actually fought at the frontline !

Don't be so preposterously precious princess.

 

[Nibble]

The Queen was quite fit when she was young.

 

[Westdene Seagull]

I used to be a fervent Republican but to be honest I don't really care about it any more. Still, it gives the press something to do doesn't it.

I do find it hard to justify why people should be so privilidged through accident of birth though.

I'd question how privileged they really are - I'd not want to be a Royal for all the tea in China. I rather like being able to do what I want when I want without the responsibility or expectation.

 

[somerset]

The idea of someone inheriting a position purelu because of an accident of birth I think is morally repugnant.

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You do realise that these days the position of sovereign is merely a technical 'figure-head' with no real power. We are a constitutional monarchy, laws are devised and voted in by the two houses of parliament, the Queen can on paper return a new or amended law to the houses after refusal, but that hasn't happened in 300 years, and is never going to happen.

...anyway, you would inherit the position of head of the family, if all your nearest and dearest passed on.

 

[somerset]

I do find it hard to justify why people should be so privilidged through accident of birth though.

But you are too are you not??.... the accident of birth that made you a citizen of a civilised western nation, with all the priviledges that brings to your daily life... compared to the accident of birth (and death) that an orphan in Mogadishu for example may experience..... its all relative sir.

 

[Soulman]

I'd question how privileged they really are - I'd not want to be a Royal for all the tea in China. I rather like being able to do what I want when I want without the responsibility or expectation.

Exactly. We can change jobs, pay our tax, and get out and about and enjoy our social life, untroubled. At the age of 86, she is still doing her same job, and still contributing more than she takes out. As for the land she owns, or the country owns, at least down the line it will not have 500 houses or a Tesco Express built on it, might be one of the few places we can visit that have remained unspoilt.

 

[Dr NBC]

But you are too are you not??.... the accident of birth that made you a citizen of a civilised western nation, with all the priviledges that brings to your daily life... compared to the accident of birth (and death) that an orphan in Mogadishu for example may experience..... its all relative sir.

Well said. Perspective is everything.

 

[spring hall convert]

But you are too are you not??.... the accident of birth that made you a citizen of a civilised western nation, with all the priviledges that brings to your daily life... compared to the accident of birth (and death) that an orphan in Mogadishu for example may experience..... its all relative sir.

Fair point, as you say it's all relative.

 

[Chesney Christ]

I have nothing against any individual members of the Royal Family. They all seem decent enough.

As a concept.. its obscene though - the automatic deification of individuals simply because of who's womb they came out of, in this day and age, is incredible.

Some of the glorification of them - Daily Express, Daily Mail etc - is rancid, and stinks of the worst kind of Little Englander mentality.

 

[Soulman]

I have nothing against any individual members of the Royal Family. They all seem decent enough.

As a concept.. its obscene though - the automatic deification of individuals simply because of who's womb they came out of, in this day and age, is incredible.

Some of the glorification of them - Daily Express, Daily Mail etc - is rancid, and stinks of the worst kind of Little Englander mentality.

Since when did she become the Queen of just England?

 

[The Spanish]

if it wasnt for mad royals brighton would be a very different place.

 

[Chesney Christ]

Since when did she become the Queen of just England?

Eh?

 

[The Spanish]

I have nothing against any individual members of the Royal Family. They all seem decent enough.

As a concept.. its obscene though - the automatic deification of individuals simply because of who's womb they came out of, in this day and age, is incredible.

Some of the glorification of them - Daily Express, Daily Mail etc - is rancid, and stinks of the worst kind of Little Englander mentality.

when did hereditary advantage exactly go out of favour "in this day and age"? you seem to believe, on a number of subjects, that fundamentals of human societies have somehow been turned upside down in your short lifespan, and interpret temporary social mores as long term trends, on a trajectory of constant improvement. you are funny.

 

[Chesney Christ]

you seem to believe, on a number of subjects, that fundamentals of human societies have somehow been turned upside down in your short lifespan

What on EARTH are you on about?

 

[Westdene Seagull]

Eh?

He's pointing out it can't be "Little Englander" mentality as you state given she's Queen of rather more countries than just England !

 

[Chesney Christ]

He's pointing out it can't be "Little Englander" mentality as you state given she's Queen of rather more countries than just England !

I'm saying that those in England - including journalists for The Daily Mail and The Daily Express - are "Little Englanders".

 

[The Spanish]

Eh?

hahahahahaha