And I Thought He Was A Republican

[poliphilo]

Wherever the Queen of England goes she carries her pomp with her.

Even when she goes to Washington.

I thought the rule was when in Rome do as the Romans do.

But when the Queen goes visiting it's her hosts who have to scuttle around to make sure she never gets a glimpse of how things are done in the modern world.

It's weird how she puts this hoodoo on people.

Apparently she got George Bush to wear a white tie for the first time in his presidency. 

And this morning there's all this oohing and aaahing over the gaffes he made.

Like he nearly said 1776 when he meant 1976- implying that the Queen was over 300 years old.

Ha!

Actually,  he may have been getting close to the truth there.

Why isn't she treated like any other head of state?  Why all this bowing and scraping in the Land of the Free?

It's almost as if we all still believed in the Divine Right of Kings.

Comments

[bodhibird.livejournal.com]

I find it ironic that Americans seem so impressed by the British royal family--and not so much by the royal families of other nations--while many Brits, like yourself, are pretty much fed up with the whole thing. Perhaps C.S. Lewis was right when he said that humans need to worship something, and if we don't worship God or The Gods, then it will be athletes, movie stars, and frumpy old countrywomen in crowns. (Of course, he was pretty pro-monarchy.)

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I guess ours is the only European royal family that still larges it. The others are pretty low key affairs.

I think Lewis is right- though I also believe it's a need that can be transcended