Quote:
Originally Posted by Bazf
Surely cant have 1 rule for royalty and other for commoners!!can you see whats wrong with that statement, whats the point of having Royalty if they are the same as you and me?
|
I don't see anything wrong with the statement, at least not since the divine right of Kings crap was thrown out. In a constitutional demaocracy the point is that royalty are like the rest of us. In the great republic to the south of me, I do not think that there are any sons, daughters, grandchildren etc. of Senators serving in the US armed forces. Perhaps it is an argument for the English system. In times of war, members of the Royal family do fight. The Prince of Wales fought in the Great War, Prince Andrew in the Falklands war. (And that great monarchist, Churchill, when disgraced unfairly over Gallipoli, took up his commision and headed for the Western Front.)