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Originally posted by Don Vercetti:
So in other words, the "royal family" is simply an illusion of power, basically famous for simply being part of the rich family?
Yep. But not all European royal families are very rich. Of course they're all more rich than you and me, but not Bill Gates-like rich. I think the Dutch and the UK royals are the richest of them all. They all had more power in the past, but when countries became more democratic, they lost most of their power.


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Originally posted by Don Vercetti:
[QB] So who would be in power? Tony Blair? [QB]
The normal thing, the 3 powers...
1. The executive power: The Prime Minister (Tony B) and the other ministers.
2. The governemental/lawmaking power: The Parliament consisting of the House of Lords, and the House of Commons
3. The judgemental power: All the judges

But I'm sure the Brits here can correct/elaborate this...

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See, we can act as smart as we want, but at the end of the day, we still follow a guy who fucks himself with kebab skewers.