Prince Harry and Meghan ......
Apr 7th 2021, 1:38 pm
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Re: Prince Harry and Meghan ......
Oh, bullshit.
Her fingerprints were all over John Kerr (the Australian G-G)'s dismissal of Gough Whitlam's Labor government in Australia in 1975.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-...eased/12452616
When the letters were released on Tuesday morning, almost nobody was as excited to read them as historian Jenny Hocking, who has been trying to get access to the letters since 2016.
She said, upon first impression, the nature of the conversations between Sir John and Buckingham Palace were "concerning".
"A head of a constitutional monarchy must at all times remain politically neutral, and must remain above the politics of the day," Professor Hocking said.
"The really startling thing about these letters is the extent to which the governor-general, Sir John Kerr, is communicating with the Queen about exactly those issues — about political matters that are happening in Australia at the time, about options he may face."
"The Queen, in response, is engaging with that level of conversation at a very political level."
"You could not get more political than the crisis in the Senate that the government faced, and the eventual dismissal without warning of the elected government."
Her fingerprints were all over John Kerr (the Australian G-G)'s dismissal of Gough Whitlam's Labor government in Australia in 1975.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-...eased/12452616
When the letters were released on Tuesday morning, almost nobody was as excited to read them as historian Jenny Hocking, who has been trying to get access to the letters since 2016.
She said, upon first impression, the nature of the conversations between Sir John and Buckingham Palace were "concerning".
"A head of a constitutional monarchy must at all times remain politically neutral, and must remain above the politics of the day," Professor Hocking said.
"The really startling thing about these letters is the extent to which the governor-general, Sir John Kerr, is communicating with the Queen about exactly those issues — about political matters that are happening in Australia at the time, about options he may face."
"The Queen, in response, is engaging with that level of conversation at a very political level."
"You could not get more political than the crisis in the Senate that the government faced, and the eventual dismissal without warning of the elected government."
However you have brought up a great point about the monarchy in its role as head of state, and yet another reason why I think the monarchy should very much remain in place, and that is it acts as a very good safety net to protect the state from rouge governments…. All of Britain’s armed forces and the police swear allegiance to the crown not the government, so in theory in the event of a rogue dictatorship style government got into power, the monarch could depose it, which in today’s extreme left and right political landscape, I think is a very good safety net to have. My only concern is that Charles will undo all the good work done by the Queen with his voicing of his political opinions; personally I wish the crown would go straight to William, who I think will make an excellent monarch much the same as the Queen has been.
Apr 7th 2021, 2:01 pm
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Apr 7th 2021, 2:13 pm
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Re: Prince Harry and Meghan ......
However you have brought up a great point about the monarchy in its role as head of state, and yet another reason why I think the monarchy should very much remain in place, and that is it acts as a very good safety net to protect the state from rouge governments…. All of Britain’s armed forces and the police swear allegiance to the crown not the government, so in theory in the event of a rogue dictatorship style government got into power, the monarch could depose it, which in today’s extreme left and right political landscape, I think is a very good safety net to have.
Apr 7th 2021, 2:42 pm
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Apr 7th 2021, 3:07 pm
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Re: Prince Harry and Meghan ......
However I used that subject to make my point that the monarch as head of state is a very good safety net in todays extreme political landscape
Apr 7th 2021, 4:29 pm
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Re: Prince Harry and Meghan ......
Now back to Meghan and Harry, perhaps?
Apparently he's completed his first Netflix program..
https://about.netflix.com/en/news/ar...rship-with-the
Archewell Productions Announces First Netflix Series, In Partnership With The Invictus Games Foundation
Archewell Productions Announces First Netflix Series, In Partnership With The Invictus Games Foundation
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Apr 7th 2021, 4:33 pm
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Apr 9th 2021, 5:03 am
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Nope. However at least there is some sort of system in place to elect a Pope and when he dies he is not replaced by someone in his bloodline.
The Royal Family essentially provides Britain with what politics would look like if we lived in Russia, Syria or North Korea had we not fought a civil war. The "Windsors" or whatever they want to call themselves need to go. I'd take an elected president over them all day and twice on a Sunday even if I didn't agree with their political views as at least they'd have some merit to be there.
The Royal Family essentially provides Britain with what politics would look like if we lived in Russia, Syria or North Korea had we not fought a civil war. The "Windsors" or whatever they want to call themselves need to go. I'd take an elected president over them all day and twice on a Sunday even if I didn't agree with their political views as at least they'd have some merit to be there.
Apr 9th 2021, 11:09 am
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Re: Prince Harry and Meghan ......
One fewer of them to worry about now.
Apr 9th 2021, 11:19 am
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Re: Prince Harry and Meghan ......
Will they return for the funeral?
