Keeping Royal Secrets

I do like a story with a happy ending.

Alegrias1

Aye, I've said it before and I'll say it again...

Not all its cracked up to be, this democracy malarkey.

Much better to trust in our betters and to rely on a rich, privileged family who think a hard day's work is going to 2 polo matches in one day.

Well Said

Alegrias1

And there came a day that all the people in the Kingdom came to realise that having a Head of State whose ancestors had been good at fighting a thousand years ago is such an old fashioned idea that they couldn't live with it any longer. They finally understood that having their country's image defined by little old ladies/men in ermine with pointy, jewelled hats wasn't the actions of a grown up country.

So they all got together and asked the old chap in the ermine if he would please go and live in one of his many houses and not bother opening things and signing things any more, because they wanted a person who was more like them and knew how to squeeze their own toothpaste.

And the old chap in ermine said thank goodness and toddled off to a quiet retirement while the people chose one of their own to shake hands with presidents and be the face of the country.

And they all lived happily ever after.

Bravo ?

Like I said, best get rid of this democracy lark. People can't be trusted. Best just stick with the posh folks, they'll see us right.

And we'll be chancing that again in a couple of years, because that's how electing people to parliament works.

Just listen to what you're saying!!

Left to choose, Alegrias, 'the people' chose Boris Johnson. I couldn't live with the thought of chancing that level of stupidity again.

Aye, I've said it before and I'll say it again...

Not all its cracked up to be, this democracy malarkey.

Much better to trust in our betters and to rely on a rich, privileged family who think a hard day's work is going to 2 polo matches in one day.

while the people chose one of their own to shake hands with presidents and be the face of the country.

That's the bit that worries me the most.

And there came a day that all the people in the Kingdom came to realise that having a Head of State whose ancestors had been good at fighting a thousand years ago is such an old fashioned idea that they couldn't live with it any longer. They finally understood that having their country's image defined by little old ladies/men in ermine with pointy, jewelled hats wasn't the actions of a grown up country.

So they all got together and asked the old chap in the ermine if he would please go and live in one of his many houses and not bother opening things and signing things any more, because they wanted a person who was more like them and knew how to squeeze their own toothpaste.

And the old chap in ermine said thank goodness and toddled off to a quiet retirement while the people chose one of their own to shake hands with presidents and be the face of the country.

And they all lived happily ever after.

Grany says there won’t be a revolution Calistemon. I’m still trying to work out how it’s going to happen. I expect she will enlighten me.

Anniebach

Elected head of state ? Brings to mind , Boris or Corbyn ,

Yes , the only possible alternatives to a monarch obviously.

I feel your pain Alegrias !!

Don't worry, Alegrias you can do a Barbados come the revolution.


Headbanging to We Will Rock You by HM (sorry, Queen)

Love it Alegrias???

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Elected head of state ? Brings to mind , Boris or Corbyn ,

I don’t see this imaginary peaceful non-revolution happening. I can still enjoy dreaming up suitable punishments for the non-revolutionaries though.?

In fantasy land

There will be no revolution ?

Our newly elected Head of State will be sworn in, the monarch will leave office.

A written constitution fully elected House of Lords, taking what we have and making it democratic.

Hanged, drawn and quartered. Burned at the stake. And I’m sure many more. The ballot paper will have to be quite large!

But the traitors have had even more gruesome methods of disposal than the monarchs, and there are too many to name!

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Hope grany will say her choice of execution

So many things for the revolutionaries to choose from! Will there be enough space on the ballot paper? I rather favour the poker, provided the pathologist (if one is needed) can be bribed of course!

smothered in the Tower: Edward V (not Henry VI)

Some ways of disposing of an English monarch:

Hacked to death in battle: Harold
Shot by an arrow in the New Forest; William Rufus;
skewered by a red hot poker; Edward 1I;
starved to death in a dungeon; Richard II;
stabbed in a prison cell; Henry VI;
smothered in the Tower; Henry VI;
hacked to death in battle; Richard III;
beheaded; Charles I;
also:
fled into exile: James II;
abdicated Edward VIII;