Regardless of what you think about the monarchy she was exemplary throughout her reign! May she rest in peace.
Queen Elizabeth II has died
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#402I adamantly reject the belief that some people are inherently better and deserve special treatment by society and before the law because of their ancestry. This includes all nobility and royalty titles. Historically and traditionally, nobles are/were the owners of the land. Shoddy job they've done at taking care of the environment. Overpowered by the industrialists, the new ruling hegemonic class (since the aftermath…
The royal family presently takes around £100,000,000 each year from the UK to pay for their "duties". It's called the Sovereign Grant system.
If the monarchy wouldn't exist as an institution, a lot of that money would still go to the upkeep of the various domains that comprise it. The Buckingham palace won't disappear if the UK becomes a democracy. Assuming all of that money goes into the personal wealth of the members of the royal family is a little naive.
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#404I really feel that Charles should at least consider passing on the Crown to his son William. William and Kate are immensely popular. It would be a good thing for Great Britain, British people as well as for the Royal Family. Charles and Camilla are the opposite in terms of respect and popularity to William and Kate, as far as I understand. If Charles does that, he would write himself into the annals of British histor…
It would be better if he abolished the crown and disbanded the monarchy. He would write himself in the annals of human history.
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#405I've never really understood how we can still have monarchies but I do believe Elizabeth was probably one the better ones that have sat on those thrones.
A few years ago I looked into how much power she had and I was shocked. I was also shocked by how much that monarchy owns.
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#407I was born in the UK, in 1963. Because of my step-father's love of first-wave UK punk, the first thing I did on hearing this news was to play the Sex Pistol's "God Save the Queen". It is remarkable how much the Queen's standing has improved during the time since that song (1977). My (UK) family are (as far as I know) staunch republicans, but the last couple of decades have seen all of us soften our disgust with the m…
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The queen says "tut tut" to the prime minister when the prime minister does something bad. That is not a role that you can underestimate. The queen reminds the prime minister that there is someone above them, and someone that they answer to. In comparison, a lot of US presidents seem like they need a few "tut tuts."
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I feel the same. I think it’s because it really represents the end of an era. The 20th and early 21st century ushered in unprecedented improvements to quality of life in Britain but it has felt of late that that has peaked and the country is facing a serious decline: Brexit, the increasingly visible effects of climate change, the aftermath of covid, the possible break up of the union, rising costs of living, recessio…
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#409I was born in the UK, in 1963. Because of my step-father's love of first-wave UK punk, the first thing I did on hearing this news was to play the Sex Pistol's "God Save the Queen". It is remarkable how much the Queen's standing has improved during the time since that song (1977). My (UK) family are (as far as I know) staunch republicans, but the last couple of decades have seen all of us soften our disgust with the m…
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They make a lot of money off "the little things"... Like owning large swathes of Westminster(land and revenue generating properties)
You can be assured that Royal Family Inc will fight tooth and nail to keep their privileges intact.
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#410Can we have a black ribbon on HN?