For A' That
Oct. 29th, 2007 09:06 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
poliphiloThe Divine Right of Kings is an idea that should have died under the axe that divided Charles I in two but for some reason- the innate flunkeyism of the human animal?- it didn't. The biggest believer is the Queen herself. We're told it's because she honestly believes she was given the job by God Himself that she keeps trudging her daily round- with that look on her face- and will never retire. For much of my life the nation has encouraged her in this fantasy. I was in my mid teens before anyone dared draw a caricature of her and- in spite of interim irreverence- we seem to be returning in the twilight of her reign- and mainly thanks to Helen bloody Mirren- to the old sentimentalism, the old deference.
Which I hate.
And always have done.
Because it's undignified. Because a man's a man for a' that. Because I refuse to be in awe of a pegtop doll simply because it's been draped in tinsel and stuck on top of the Christmas tree. Because monarchy is the lynchpin of a system that's unjust and corrupt and stupid.
Because I'm an anarchist.
And that's why I 'm happy whenever something happens to remind us that the royal family are merely folk- and enjoy blow-jobs and cocaine binges as much as the next man or woman. The Queen herself has always been a figure of uncompromisingly dull rectitude (yawn) but all round her it's been like the 120 Days of Sodom. Harry is a rakehell, so- in his day- was Charles, so was the Queen's sister Margaret, so was her uncle Edward VIII and her other uncle Prince George (whose death in wartime remains a classified state secret) and so on back to Edward VII who was an infamous whorermonger- and the last royal (before this weekend) to be blackmailed over his sex life.
I don't know which of them got caught with his (?) trousers down this time. I don't suppose it matters. I just want to thank him.
Which I hate.
And always have done.
Because it's undignified. Because a man's a man for a' that. Because I refuse to be in awe of a pegtop doll simply because it's been draped in tinsel and stuck on top of the Christmas tree. Because monarchy is the lynchpin of a system that's unjust and corrupt and stupid.
Because I'm an anarchist.
And that's why I 'm happy whenever something happens to remind us that the royal family are merely folk- and enjoy blow-jobs and cocaine binges as much as the next man or woman. The Queen herself has always been a figure of uncompromisingly dull rectitude (yawn) but all round her it's been like the 120 Days of Sodom. Harry is a rakehell, so- in his day- was Charles, so was the Queen's sister Margaret, so was her uncle Edward VIII and her other uncle Prince George (whose death in wartime remains a classified state secret) and so on back to Edward VII who was an infamous whorermonger- and the last royal (before this weekend) to be blackmailed over his sex life.
I don't know which of them got caught with his (?) trousers down this time. I don't suppose it matters. I just want to thank him.
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Date: 2007-10-29 02:40 pm (UTC)He nothing common did or mean
Upon that memorable scene.
Since then they have inspired nothing but satire.
Charles II was amusing, William III soldierly, Victoria decent and George VI a martyr to his duty. The rest have been spoiled, brutal and dull.