poshnbucks

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Bus...ro_At_Any_Time

jurdyr

ya right the Queen going to be on the euro , i dont think so , the sun has gone down on the uk empire and not coming up again you have to many Euro heads give out lol

that joke ya great to buy the GBP now for us Euro heads , why you think we buy all you banks lol and more H a ha ha

rugbymatt

Of course the Queen should be on the Euro, Europe had killed nearly all its monarchs and lets face it, republics don't work!

arko

Erm... still quite a few monarchs left last time I looked

lic

Jean-Claude Trichet said that it was up to the British people to decide - but pointed out the advantages of the single currency.

Interesting, do you think Gordo will allow the franchise to decide.
I think we are better off out than in. The financial world will heal itself soon, then we will reap the rewards of staying out once again.

The Eurozone is now in recession, and it will be deeper and harder then ours unfortunately.

Nice to know that the bigger players that caused it still have their personal fortunes to rely whilst the rest of us pay!!

rugbymatt

go on then, name them......

lic

Could Elvis be one?

arko

the Kingdom of Belgium
the Kingdom of Denmark
the Principality of Liechtenstein
the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
the Principality of Monaco
the Kingdom of the Netherlands
the Kingdom of Norway
the Kingdom of Spain
the Kingdom of Sweden
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland



If you are talking about countries in Europe where a head of state inherits his or her office and keeps it until he or she dies or abdicates, then the above list is valid. Some lists add the Vatican. 3 of the above aren't in E.U.

rugbymatt

principalities and Grand duchy's don't count, and only a couple of those have an unbroken line, others have had to rely on cousins etc, so my original point still counts.....

arko

And why don't they count? Monarch means someone who rules alone. In any case, none of the monarchs in Europe have anyreal power.

Fortaleza

I don't think constitutional monarchies should count as they are there just for window dressing anyway, so how many on your list does that rule out?????

arko

all of them. That wasn't my point though. My point was there are still monarchies and therefore you sill find the heads of these monarchs on the coins/notes in those countries. There would be no difference to our daily lives if we woke up tomorrow and those heads of states were replaced by presidents.

rugbymatt

they don't count because they are quite obviously simply step ins, and as such, because the chain of lineage has been broken, they are simply puppets.

Fortaleza

You do know that at the Royal Mint in Llantrisant they have already minted coins with HRH Prince Charles' head on them.


(Though not that many as HRH Prince William has been seen spending a lot of time there recently, but keep it on the QT)

arko

Whose chain of lineage has been broken? Where's your evidence? If things had gone to plan, a certain Elizabeth wouldn't have been queen. Her father wasn't expecting to be king. These things happen.

Many consider Denmark to be the oldest continuous monarchy in Europe. Who cares?