The Nature Of The Monarchy

[poliphilo]

The exclusion of Blair and Brown (former prime ministers and- Ed Miliband aside-  the most senior representatives of the British Left ) from the guest list for the royal wedding makes explicit what has always been implicit- that the monarchy is a conservative institution- and gives the lie to those who see it as a focus of unity in the nation.

Comments

[airstrip.livejournal.com]

One of my roommates watched the whole wedding. I found the whole thing rather ghastly. I especially dislike seeing members of the British royal family because they all seem to have that smoothed-over look which is the tell-tale sign of a shallow gene pool.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

If William weren't a prince nobody would be calling him "handsome". He has a lumpy Hanoverian face- highly reminiscent of his less than glorious ancestor George III

[airstrip.livejournal.com]

Thank god. I feared I may be alone in thinking this. What about Diana? I thought she had a wretched face as well.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

She was no great beauty. If she'd been a poor girl no-one would have made a fuss about her.

Most of the people who pass for "great beauties" only do so because they're rich.