It always amazes me how little attention is paid in the British press to the goings-on in other monarchies.
For example, the story about Queen Margaret of Denmark abdicating hasn't even been mentioned here on Gransnet.
www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-67854631
She is a great gal (apart from the smoking) and was a very close friend to our late Queen. The fact that she has now handed over the sceptre - surprising everyone - may prompt Charles to think about it, too. In fact, I think I may have seen a tentative report somewhere that he plans to stand down when he is 80.
Anyway, I am often astounded to hear that British people don't even realise that Belgium (for example) has a monarchy, as do all the Scandinavian countries, the Netherlands, and now (again) Spain.
These people are colourful and interesting.
Granted, they do not have the position that the British monarchy has, but they are there. The yellow press, which is most popular in countries such as Germany, where I live, i.e. republics, is all over them and loves the pomp and ceremony and, of course the scandals.
The British are always saying "No one does spectacular ceremonies like we do" and yet they can't even name any European royals, or say which countries have any.
Anyway, if you are interested in royal events (and I know many here aren't, and think they should be abolished altogether, which is also a justifiable argument), there will be a coronation in Denmark soon.
I'll be interested to see if it's even mentioned on any British news channels.
Don't get me wrong, I'm a staunchly patriotic Brit, but I do wish that when Brits say "We're the best in the world at...", they would take a look at the world first. There is other stuff out here in the rest of the world, you know.
