(09-09-2022, 01:33 PM)EricC85 Wrote: Someone explain to me why I'm seeing a bunch of nasty stuff about the queen that passed? I get it the royal family in the past did some bad stuff that was centuries ago why do Irish and Scottish people hate them now? Isn't the royal family just celebrity anyways?

I keep seeing people post that she was some oppressor and stuff what gives?

It's nothing more than a bunch of ignorant and irrelevant people that post such "hate".  I know that some Irish people (southern Ireland) probably hate the monarchy, but it would be surprising to me if there were many Scottish people that felt the same way.

For the most part (as I understand it) the monarchy is more "symbolic" than anything else.  The king/queen doesn't really have any significant power.

Queen Elizabeth served her kingdom in a very dignified way for over 70 years.  Each country within the kingdom has their own government.

I may be wrong and perhaps some of our users from the UK could elaborate a bit more.

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