My gut feeling is that monarchy, at least in the traditional European style, doesn't really work unless you have a small population with short lifespans and a morality that lets the king be a stallion with all the willing women he can find. A pagan morality, that is.
Yet other European countries retain their royal families and are rather fond of them, without the media circus that the Windsors create. I seem to recall that the Swedish royals mostly live in flats and have respectable day jobs.
Have you seen The Queen? I don't recall if you've reviewed it, and I'm curious about a British subject's reaction to the film (since it *is* about British current events, more or less).
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
branchandroot
no subject
Date: 2007-02-13 02:51 pm (UTC)Yet other European countries retain their royal families and are rather fond of them, without the media circus that the Windsors create. I seem to recall that the Swedish royals mostly live in flats and have respectable day jobs.
Have you seen The Queen? I don't recall if you've reviewed it, and I'm curious about a British subject's reaction to the film (since it *is* about British current events, more or less).