The Royal Family Prevails
Jan 21, 2022 4:21:17 GMT -5
Post by Midnight on Jan 21, 2022 4:21:17 GMT -5
The Royal Family Prevails
January 21, 2022
By Michael Curtis
This is the year of the Platinum Jubilee, to celebrate the 70 years of Queen Elizabeth II on the throne and her renowned custodianship of the position. In the twilight of her reign, she has had to make difficult, agonizing decisions. The most poignant has been to deprive her second son Prince Andrew of his title as His Royal Highness and to strip him of almost all of his remaining military and charitable affiliations. Dynastic preservation won over flesh and blood. The title of HRH, denoting the higher ranking of some members of the Royal Family, had been previously stripped from the Duke of Windsor, Princess Diana, the Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson and the Sussex duo, Harry and Meghan.
Queen Elizabeth has remained popular in Britain, and so has opinion about the British hereditary monarchial system. She had been reluctant to wield the axe in dealing with Andrew, but finally acted to preserve the institution of the monarchy itself, which today rests on its performance as a unifying factor in British life. A hereditary monarchy is a lottery, sometimes generating competent and fitting people, like Elizabeth II herself, but sometimes leading to less gifted or appropriate individuals. Three may be briefly mentioned. Peter Philips, son of Princess Anne, daughter of the queen, who received large sums from a Chinese company, Bright Dairies, to appear in a milk ad in which he is described as a member of the British Royal Family. California resident Prince Harry has stepped back from royal service and feels “trapped” by the Royal Family about whom he has spoken in dubious inside stories, but who is comfortable in his nine-bedroom and 16-bathroom mansion, and is still sixth on line to the throne; and there is Prince Andrew, who is ninth in line to the throne.
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January 21, 2022
By Michael Curtis
This is the year of the Platinum Jubilee, to celebrate the 70 years of Queen Elizabeth II on the throne and her renowned custodianship of the position. In the twilight of her reign, she has had to make difficult, agonizing decisions. The most poignant has been to deprive her second son Prince Andrew of his title as His Royal Highness and to strip him of almost all of his remaining military and charitable affiliations. Dynastic preservation won over flesh and blood. The title of HRH, denoting the higher ranking of some members of the Royal Family, had been previously stripped from the Duke of Windsor, Princess Diana, the Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson and the Sussex duo, Harry and Meghan.
Queen Elizabeth has remained popular in Britain, and so has opinion about the British hereditary monarchial system. She had been reluctant to wield the axe in dealing with Andrew, but finally acted to preserve the institution of the monarchy itself, which today rests on its performance as a unifying factor in British life. A hereditary monarchy is a lottery, sometimes generating competent and fitting people, like Elizabeth II herself, but sometimes leading to less gifted or appropriate individuals. Three may be briefly mentioned. Peter Philips, son of Princess Anne, daughter of the queen, who received large sums from a Chinese company, Bright Dairies, to appear in a milk ad in which he is described as a member of the British Royal Family. California resident Prince Harry has stepped back from royal service and feels “trapped” by the Royal Family about whom he has spoken in dubious inside stories, but who is comfortable in his nine-bedroom and 16-bathroom mansion, and is still sixth on line to the throne; and there is Prince Andrew, who is ninth in line to the throne.
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