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do they pay for having a Queen? If not than they get that for free, and if it costs nothing than why not? >their laws can be overriden at any time only in the
by trhway 5y ago
do they pay for having a Queen? If not than they get that for free, and if it costs nothing than why not?
>their laws can be overriden at any time
only in theory. I think the key to such a successful survival of the English monarchy is their understanding of the limits of their power - granted that understanding came as a result of almost losing it all back then. Yet they were the only one who survived the WWI - and i think it is no coincidence that their power was the most limited compare to the failed monarchies of Russia, Austria, Prussia.
I'm kind of fascinated by the steel will and nerves of the Queen who is maintaining that image of "granny" and is making sure to not show any teeth - and thus she is accomplishing the grand task of the survival of the monarchy on her watch. It it like the only thing that keeps her going is the high chance of failure of the monarchy if Charles gets the crown and she just can't let that happen.
- dragonwriter 5y ago> Yet they were the only one who survived the WWI No, the UK wasn't the only monarchy of a WWI belligerent to survive the war: On the allied side, Luxembourg, Siam/Thailand, and Japan survive to this day; Belgium, Serbia, Italy, Romania, Greece, survived WWI, and Hejaz and Nejd (the latter of which became the monarchy of Saudi Arabia) got monarchies created in WWI. On the central powers side, Bulgaria’s monarchy survived the war.
- trhway 5y agoyou're right. I kind of meant the big ones, emperors/empires. The Ottoman Empire is also in the list of the fallen ones.
- throw0101a 5y ago> do they pay for having a Queen? If not than they get that for free, and if it costs nothing than why not? AFAICT, they go from paying for the Queen's ceremonial representative, the Governor-General, to paying for a elected ceremonial president.