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Originally Posted by jambutty
Only if the head of state was first into battle.
We, the nation, are quite capable of paying our own respects and don’t need a parasite to do it for us.
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"I cannot lead you into battle, I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something else, I can give you my heart and my devotion to these old islands and to all the peoples of our brotherhood of nations." - From the queen's first televised Christmas address, 1957.
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When I was growing up I was indifferent about the monarchy, and expected to become more like my Dad, who shares your views. As we progressively lose our identity as a nation, however, I see the monarchy as one of those last bastions of Britishness. I'm not as unhappy about my contribution to the civil list through tax as I am about my contribution to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.