(09-09-2022, 03:20 PM)jagibelieve Wrote:

(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.

You are right. While most of the government is titled HM Government (Her Majesty) they have given up most of their real power and are largely symbolic. Their main duties are attending events and openings. They do things like attend parliament when it starts new terms and the Prime Minister has to ask the Queen/King to form a government but those are largely symbolic events aswell.

Most of the decisions made are done by the government which is elected and the royals mainly stay out of those decisions. Countries in the commonwealth also have their own governments which again make decisions but see the Queen as their head of state, again mainly a symbolic gesture rather than having any real rule over them.

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