Here is the bad news for those idealists out there: relevancy is irrelevant. Not being relevant is about the best guarantee of the monarchy’s survival there is.
Sorry, Meghan and Harry fans, but the royal family is irrelevant by design
HER SERVICE IN WORLD WAR II
THE STABILITY SHE BROUGHT
TRANSFORMATION TO A COMMONWEALTH
SHE MODERNIZED THE MONARCHY
SHE MADE THE SUCCESSION MORE EQUITABLE
SHE WAS THE FIRST BRITISH MONARCH TO ADDRESS CONGRESS
HER VISIT TO THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND IN 2011
THE 1969 TELEVISION DOCUMENTARY
HER TIRELESS CHARITY WORK
SHE REFORMED THE MONARCHY’S FINANCES
SUPPORTING RACIAL JUSTICE IN THE COMMONWEALTH
SHE WAS THE LONGEST-SERVING MONARCH IN ENGLISH HISTORY
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RIP HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II Attached is a 40-slide PowerPoint about Queen Elizabeth II’s most notable accomplishments. . The PowerPoint is divided into the fo
Andrew, learned from Mark Thatcher how to sell arms. Wicked men. “We are concerned that Prince Andrew is used to sell arms, and where you sell arms it is likely to be to despotic regimes. He is the cheerleader in chief for the arms industry, shaking hands and paving the way for the salesmen.”
Prince Andrew: ‘Cheerleader in chief for the arms industry’
As Prince Andrew is reported to have met the Queen to discuss criticism of his trade role, Campaign Against the Arms Trade tell Channel 4 News: “He is cheerleader in chief for the arms industry.”
Technically, all unmarked swans in open water belong to the Queen, though the Crown “exercises her ownership” only “on certain stretches of the Thames and its surrounding tributaries,” according to the off... Read more
Though a practicing Catholic, Montaigne was a thoroughgoing skeptic. Man can know nothing, his reason being insufficient to arrive either at a natural-law ethics or a firm theology. As Montaigne put it, “reason does nothing but go astray in everything, and especially when it meddles with divine things.” And for a while, Montaigne adopted as his official motto the query, “What do I know?”
The Skeptic as Absolutist: Michel de Montaigne | Murray N. Rothbard
It is a favorite conceit of modern, 20th-century liberals that skepticism, the attitude that nothing can really be known as the truth, is the best groundwork for individual liberty. But the truth is precisely the opposite: the skeptic has no ground on which to stand to defend his or others’ libert... Read more
Alain de Botton examines our ideas of success and failure -- and questions the assumptions underlying these two judgments. Is success always earned? Is failure? He makes an eloquent, witty case to move beyond snobbery to find true pleasure in our work.
Here is the bad news for those idealists out there: relevancy is irrelevant. Not being relevant is about the best guarantee of the monarchy’s survival there is.
80 years ago the crown and church guided our entire lives. Not now, a relatively short time and the monarchy is already irrelevant.
Leave the entertainment to princes, politicians and other pro-entertainers.
So my god! Ive never had a king before I might give it a try.
The Queen will be. … a hard act to follow.
HER SERVICE IN WORLD WAR II
THE STABILITY SHE BROUGHT
TRANSFORMATION TO A COMMONWEALTH
SHE MODERNIZED THE MONARCHY
SHE MADE THE SUCCESSION MORE EQUITABLE
SHE WAS THE FIRST BRITISH MONARCH TO ADDRESS CONGRESS
HER VISIT TO THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND IN 2011
THE 1969 TELEVISION DOCUMENTARY
HER TIRELESS CHARITY WORK
SHE REFORMED THE MONARCHY’S FINANCES
SUPPORTING RACIAL JUSTICE IN THE COMMONWEALTH
SHE WAS THE LONGEST-SERVING MONARCH IN ENGLISH HISTORY
Boris knows how to party, but his party wish they didn’t know him.
Long live the King, and let’s hope he kicks some arses into gear.
Andrew, learned from Mark Thatcher how to sell arms. Wicked men. “We are concerned that Prince Andrew is used to sell arms, and where you sell arms it is likely to be to despotic regimes. He is the cheerleader in chief for the arms industry, shaking hands and paving the way for the salesmen.”
Yeah the 14 prime ministers that formed her governments got steadily worse. I mean, Boris – our worse attempt of a Trump.
I wonder if she wished she wasn’t the only one to be immune from prosecution – Ironically she hasn’t put a foot wrong, while all those around her have. Some of her super powers are listed here https://www.businessinsider.in/politics/32-incredible-powers-of-queen-elizabeth-ii-you-didnt-know-she-had/slidelist/48886245.cms
Technically, all unmarked swans in open water belong to the Queen, though the Crown “exercises her ownership” only “on certain stretches of the Thames and its surrounding tributaries,” according to the off... Read more
Here’s the video on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtSE4rglxbY
Nice idea but what does Montaigne know?
Though a practicing Catholic, Montaigne was a thoroughgoing skeptic. Man can know nothing, his reason being insufficient to arrive either at a natural-law ethics or a firm theology. As Montaigne put it, “reason does nothing but go astray in everything, and especially when it meddles with divine things.” And for a while, Montaigne adopted as his official motto the query, “What do I know?”
Mentioned in a TED by De Botton, worth watching, humbling for high-horse philosophers to say the least.
For better context – you can read part of his work on Google Books