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Originally Posted by Leeman4Gilmour
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This needs to be re-quoted so some people can read it. The idea that currency and passports just become invalid all of a sudden is ridiculous.
I find all of this very interesting from a historical perspective. The ceremony, the tradition, all of that interests me very much.
As an Irishman, I'm not supposed to like the Queen I guess, but I do. I don't agree with the right for any individual to rule divinely but as a personality she's always come across as a nice enough person quietly fulfilling the duties asked of her. She would never have expected to have been queen as the crown would've followed Edward VIII's branch. He abdicated, her father became king and then died fairly young and she suddenly had this thrust upon her at a young age. She's performed admirably given those circumstances. People will go on about wealth and not paying taxes and all of that, but I wouldn't wish at all for the intense public/media scrutiny and the constant public engagements. Couldn't imagine living life under that microscope.