 |
| Prince William and Kate Middleton |
If I was a King or a Queen in this age of democracy, I would have to work really hard on staying relevant and maintaining my hereditary power.
What would I do? How would I rejuvenate my subjects’ reverence in the institution of monarchy? After all, in what sense is my authority legitimate?
I’m assuming that these are the kinds of questions that haunt royal minds, now that people no longer live subjugated under such reign.
Apparently, one particular monarchy need not worry about the good people of
In fact, the Conservative newspaper the National Post, a daily which I thought was more objective than any other right wing publication in
Even the former liberal newspaper, I say with a heavy heart former, Globe and Mail has dedicated itself to this circus.
Nevertheless, there is some good writing, well ballanced too, such as “Can Will and Kate reverse our declining attachement to the monarchy?” by Bruce Anderson, a tantalizing investigation into how the actions of the Royal couple could actually re-vitalize Canadians’ belief in the hereditary.
The truth is that people like Will and Kate did not choose to be born with noble blood, if that means anything, so they shouldn’t be castigated for who they are. No one can choose what or who they’re going to be at birth, right?
However, through our quest for equality between men and women, for freedom from oppression and in our ancient struggle against the ‘Divine Right of Kings’, we have learned that we only get the freedoms we fight for.
Thus the rule of thumb is:
Ignore them and they have no power, notice them and grant them reverence and you keep them relevant.
So if we really wish the royals gone, we should just ignore them and allow time to take care of this decrepit institution of sanguine power.
