06-08-2012, 02:37 PM | #1 |
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Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee
Now that Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee is over, I have to admit that I envy my British friends’ Royal Family. We Americans have nothing to compare, and I think to our loss.
I know our founders soundly rejected any connection with royalty; and considering the politics of the day, perhaps rightly so. But I think we lost something wonderful. My congratulations go to all of the Brits here! |
06-08-2012, 02:46 PM | #2 |
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^You might think differently if your government dropped several hundred thousand to millions of dollars everytime one of them decided to sneeze on your soil.
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There are a substantial number of us Brits (me included) who see the Royal Family as an anachronism in this day and age. Still, I enjoyed an extra day off work |
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Or every time your President hops on Air Force One to jet off the the other side of the country to attend a fund raiser for his re-election campaign?
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We have that too, although maybe not to that scale, but they are trying.
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