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I really hope someone can answer this for me, as a person that knows very little world history. Why are people celebrating the Queen’s death and happy about her passing? Did she do something awful that I (and I guess a lot of people) are not aware of?
Bit of a theoretical question here: if the entire royal family of UK suddenly died and there was nobody left to inherit the crown, what impact would it have on the average British citizen?
My question is what actual power do the royals have in this day and age? Wasn’t a woman just sworn in as the prime minister? Are they more like celebrities at this point?
Why did the bank of england have to say the paper currency with the queen on them (all banknotes printed since the 1970s have her depiction) are still legal tender?
https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/bank-england-says-banknotes-featuring-queens-image-remain-legal-tender-2022-09-08/
What’s princess Diana’s relationship with Queen Elizabeth?
ELI5: I don’t understand this confusing plurality of ‘nation’/’nations’ when dealing with the power the new King has. What does it all mean?
I obviously understand England is a country, The United Kingdom is a country of countries, and then you have all those overseas territories and Crown dependencies, and then the Commonwealth. It’s all a massive solar system with seemingly/tacitly ‘England’ being the main de facto country (because it contains the capital, and the Royal family is culturally English (?)) then you have the remaining outer rings that get included but not really.
And all of it is a Nation, because King Charles is addressing the Nation.. Is he addressing just the United Kingdom in this televised address and then actually doing something else for the other countries and territories?
Seems like this duplicity of what is a country and what is his territory fundamentally seem like it’s one main country and everyone else is watching from the fence outside as if it’s their experience when it’s not the same level of cultural connection (as a British king living in England with an English accent has with the rest of the UK as opposed to the rest of the Commonwealth). How do the rest of the people from the ‘outer rings’ (no offense) see their new King?
How does the royal family make money? I mean like, now that there’s a government . . Are they just living on family money or do they like get money for being royalty from the government?
if charles dies, is kate the new queen consort? or will camilla stay queen?
Why do the irish hate her so much?
How far removed do you have to be in line of succession before you become a normal person? When do they stop receiving money from the government. I googled and Prince Edward is the youngest and 13th in line. the odds of him ever taking the throne… Are his children considered royalty or will they have to get normal jobs? What about his grandchildren? At what point in the lineage will the descendants be forced to find a job as, I don’t know, an engineer at British Petroleum and nobody cares that their great grandmother was the queen, or flipping burgers at McDonald’s?
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