• Echo Dot@feddit.uk
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    10 months ago

    People have a problem with the royal family and I do get it but both the Queen and now the King both seem to at least understand their privilege. They actually use their power, in as much as they can, for good.

    Which puts them head and shoulders above the current government. Who does the opposite.

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      10 months ago

      The current government is money/power hungry grifters. The royals have the unearned privilege by birth to just sneer at whoever they want. Broken clocks and all that.

      The royal prerogative that allows the firm to quietly block any legislation that goes through is pretty grim

      https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/feb/08/royals-vetted-more-than-1000-laws-via-queens-consent

      But yeah, Charlie has done some pretty funny things recently

    • tegs_terry@feddit.uk
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      10 months ago

      If they gave 90% of their unnecessary wealth away to children starving and freezing in their domain right now, then I might start to like them. Anything short of that is insufficient.