> A monarch provides this living symbol without giving them any apparent democratic legitimacy - it's obvious that the King wasn't chosen by the people, he's ju

> A monarch provides this living symbol without giving them any apparent democratic legitimacy - it's obvious that the King wasn't chosen by the people, he's just luck of the draw and so if he tried to seize power that's obviously illegitimate. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.You can’t expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you. I mean, if I went around saying I was an emperor just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they’d put me away.