Reply #89: Prophet 451

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Prophet 451

Your Queen Elizabeth have been on the throne for a long time, and have maybe more knowledge about how things than everyone else in Great Britain this days.. She have known, and have understood more of how things work than most can do in a lifetime... And I guess she also is a rather smart woman - the old bat;) And I believe most modern monarchy in Europe have many of the same systems as UK have, with local traditions included off course. And as you point out, most monarchs can advices of procedure but not policy - even that I believe most monarchs do have some "in formal" possibility to put an idea in a prime ministers ear if possible..

And it is more like an tradition than anything to have a king or a queen... And UK is still one of the oldest monarchy in the wold, they are still fighting with Denmark over which country have the longs lines of Kings and Queen... Not many have monarchy today, but they who still have, have monarchy i believe to survive for a long time yet... People is used to the idea of a kings as their leader (or a queen) and even if they are expensive to have - they are still far less expensive than to have a whole new government laid down, and a whole new government in place plus we have to do the whole proses of electing a new president every 4 or 5 year. That is more expensive than say have a queen or a king for life... And of course their families.. But of course it is different from the 2000 number who is showing up as "royal blood" In the UK.. And the immediate family around our crown prince and princess and the ruling queen and king of Norway... And we have no other nobles by birth.. No Barons, no Earls and so on.. Just the royal family

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