(September 9, 2022 at 9:41 pm)Tomato Wrote:(September 9, 2022 at 9:39 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: There's no idolizing them here...there is a fascination since it's not something that we have here in the US.
Technically, we do. I was going to mention it separately, but now I can bring it up because of your comment.
Hollywood is this country's version of royalty. Maybe even the presidency when it comes to nationalists.
I confess to being puzzled as to why USians have such strong feelings (for and against) the British monarchy.
Firstly, it’s not your country or your king, why do you even care? You’re not subject to it, you’re not paying for it - why does it matter so much?
Secondly, there are scads of other hereditary monarchies in the world, but no Yanks seem to get themselves all twisted up over places like Spain or Norway or Jordan.
And for OLB specifically, of COURSE you as an American, wouldn’t be expected to call King Charles ‘your Highness’ (the proper form of address is ‘Your Majesty’).
Boru
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