Subj : Re: Thursday night
To   : boraxman
From : Charles Blackburn
Date : Wed Sep 21 2022 08:42:33

  Re: Re: Thursday night
  By: boraxman to Charles Blackburn on Wed Sep 21 2022 22:27:41

 CB>> the end of an era for sure. I mean, she was bought up in a completely different time and a societal nature and so much
 CB>> has changed, but from what i understand she was always the same all the way through and also
 CB>> was a bit of a joker as well considering how young she was when she was coronated.
 bo> That is what annoyed me a little by people saying that the Queen was a constant. Who cares if we have the same Queen, if
 bo> everything else changes? The Royal Family is not Britain, or the UK, or the Commonwealth. This is what I don't like about
 bo> the Monarchs, they don't care who they rule over, as long as they rule. In this sense, the Royal Family failed Britain and
 bo> the fact they just sat by and worried about the continuation of their own legacy is a bit of an indictment.

and a lot of that was born by the fact she pretty much had ZERO power. the uk govt had all the power and she just was a figurehead and that goes back wayyyyyy before her unfortunately.

she wasnt supposed to be political or anything like that, but if she had more of a say in things then that would be one thing. for example, the queens speech... that's written for her by the politicians.

yea the queen has been a constant figurehead, but over the past few decades, imho, the monarchy has been seriously diluted by the uk govt and so forth.

i tend to agree in some ways, yes they failed the commmonwealth, but on the other side of the coin, as i said, they don't really have any power any more.

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