(June 7, 2021 at 12:23 pm)HappySkeptic Wrote: I am pro-monarchy.

Here's the problem -- for democracy to survive, there must be a head of state with the authority and public support to override an authoritarian.

The jury is still out on whether the Windsors will keep that public support.  If it fails, they are done.  But if it continues, there is less chance of Commonwealth countries descending into autocracy.

I tend to view the British monarchy as somewhat like dandruff - it doesn’t do any real harm, but people seem to enjoy spending large amounts of time fiddling with it.

Boru

(June 7, 2021 at 10:51 am)Nomad Wrote: Surname's all wrong for one, it should be von Saxe-Coburg und Gothe.

Do you  mean: "and Gotha"?
Or "Johann Wolfgang von Goethe"?

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I know that name as: Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha

(June 7, 2021 at 12:36 pm)Dundee Wrote:

(June 7, 2021 at 10:51 am)Nomad Wrote: Surname's all wrong for one, it should be von Saxe-Coburg und Gothe.

Do you  mean: "and Gotha"?
Or "Johann Wolfgang von Goethe"?

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I know that name as: Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha

Yeah misspelling on my part, I was so worried about umlauts I fotgot the name ends in an "a".

(June 7, 2021 at 2:25 pm)Nomad Wrote:

(June 7, 2021 at 12:36 pm)Dundee Wrote: Do you  mean: "and Gotha"?
Or "Johann Wolfgang von Goethe"?

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I know that name as: Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha

Yeah misspelling on my part, I was so worried about umlauts I fotgot the name ends in an "a".

They changed the name to Windsor in 1917 due to the Germanophobia surrounding WW1.