Queen Elizabeth II passes at age 96

[IowaHawkeyeChief]

The Queen has died. RIP to what always seemed like a classy lady.

[RealSNR]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

I find this interesting as well. I don't follow the royal family at all, so I don't know the mechanics of royalty. I know that they make their land from a lot of different properties, but are those properties owned by them or the government?

If Britain decided to "do away with royalty", what does that even mean and what are the results? Would the royals just shrug and continue being rich from the properties, or would that money go into the government coffers and the royals would have no income and start working at fish and chips stands?

I kind of wonder if anything would really change if Britain decided to abolish the crown. The royals would still be celebrities and that's essentially all that most of them are now.

I did hear something a while back that the queen participated in some national policy discussions and maybe she had to sign bills or treaties or something. Or she had to approve things like her own branch of government. But if she didn't approve, would it really count as a veto? I have no idea.

They'd still be rich, I'm guessing. I've seen a few youtube channels who do things like show the family trees of various ruling families after they're out of power.
Somehow, when they reach the "surviving monarch" who would be the ruler of today, that person always looks filthy rich and important, wearing a suit with a bunch of medals on it or whatever. There's never a photo of just some guy as an employee at a used car lot in Kalamazoo. Or with his family at Disney World. They never say, "That's right. The presumptive Holy Roman Emperor of today is Harvey from accounting"

[MarkDavis'Haircut]

Originally Posted by Donger

What did you do to get your American citizenship?

Worked nine months to earn it.

And I don't support beliefs that go against American values.

[Buehler445]

Since this is CP and all, definitely would back in the day.

[cosmo20002]

Originally Posted by Easy 6

It must hearken them back to a nostalgic, romantic vision of what once was

Knights and round tables and grand ceremony, etc

But yeah its a strange thing that modern monarchs have no official power, yet their words and actions still carry considerable weight

I dunno, but she was clearly the best of this modern lot by a country mile... RIP Elizabeth

What do you have against King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden or King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands?

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by RealSNR

They'd still be rich, I'm guessing. I've seen a few youtube channels who do things like show the family trees of various ruling families after they're out of power.

Somehow, when they reach the "surviving monarch" who would be the ruler of today, that person always looks filthy rich and important, wearing a suit with a bunch of medals on it or whatever. There's never a photo of just some guy as an employee at a used car lot in Kalamazoo. Or with his family at Disney World. They never say, "That's right. The presumptive Holy Roman Emperor of today is Harvey from accounting"

Yeah, I don't know the mix of public and private ownership, but they've been rich for so long that I'm sure they put a little aside each month to buy yachts and castles and runaways. Even if they lost 95 percent of the assets they get to use now, they'd probably still live in a castle.

Hmm, a quick google search estimates the queen's net worth at $500 million. That's about 1 percent of what I would have expected. Of course, I think her housing and utilities are probably covered, so her costs are lower than average.

[Baby Lee]

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[New World Order]

Originally Posted by Donger

What did you do to get your American citizenship?

[PunkinDrublic]

I like to tell Canadians they have the queen on their currency because they’re a bunch of doormats with no backbone.

[Easy 6]

Originally Posted by cosmo20002

What do you have against King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden or King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands?

Those guys are bundles of sticks, King Abdullah of Jordan is the only true monarch left in the historical sense IMO

Not just some figurehead, but the actual leader of his army, security apparatus and everything else... he calls ALL the shots, he's the man

Now he just needs another what, 35 years in power to match old Liz?

[HonestChieffan]

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[Rain Man]

This article has a nice list of the line of succession to the crown. Scroll to the bottom. It includes a surprising number of small children.

https://www.yahoo.com/gma/queen-eliz...174900393.html

[PunkinDrublic]

Originally Posted by HonestChieffan

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— Neal Boortz — Puddin’ Stick (@Talkmaster) September 8, 2022

I’m outraged that some obscure professor I’ve never heard of said something insensitive.

[FloridaMan88]

She was great in the first Naked Gun movie.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by PunkinDrublic

I’m outraged that some obscure professor I’ve never heard of said something insensitive.

She teaches in Carnegie Mellon's racism department. I bet her average class size is two students, and those students have been in school for eight years without earning a degree.

[Hammock Parties]