Month: April 2012

Juan Carlos Borbón, head of the Spanish Borbón clan and known as the king of that country, has apologised to the people of Spain for his elephant-hunting trip to Africa. Mr. Borbón had been widely criticised for the visit after he had claimed that the hard times faced by the Spanish people were keeping him…

Only Subjects Fit for Bank of England Canadian Mark Carney is eligible for consideration for the job of Governor of the Bank of England because he “is a subject of the Queen” according to one insider quoted in the Financial Times. “That is important” said the feudalist. The comment may suggest that republicans would be…

Windsors Keep Theirs Under Wraps Liz Windsor’s astuteness in using public decorum as a device to protect her family’s extraordinary privileges has been put in relief by events in Spain. Popular support for that country’s monarchy fell recently after the revelation that hereditary head of state Juan Carlos Borbón had been hunting elephants in Africa…

Parliamentary Committee Supports Unelected Legislators The writer of a popular TV soap would lose his seat if the people were allowed to elect the legislators in what is now called the House of Lords. That example of the horrible effects of democracy is taken from a Sunday Telegraph report on a new parliamentary committee’s report…

The Washington Post has reported that censors in Thailand have banned a movie adaptation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth because it “has content that causes divisiveness among the people of the nation.” According to the film’s director the censors did not like anti-monarchy overtones or what they saw as political content. The newspaper said that the Thai…

Monarchy is all about family. One family is considered by the state to be superior to others. So the head of state can come only from that family. The people are allowed no say. And family members are granted extraordinary privileges, particularly that of picking the pockets of the people they are deemed superior to.…