DEFENDING MONARCHY
John Major wants the British press to stop picking on Prince Charles. I didn’t even realize he was being picked on. An interesting and well-written piece on the whole. I must admit, however, that I found this rather amusing:
Let us suppose, for a moment, that the Prince of Wales were a commoner. What would we see?
A sensitive man, with no malice and much good intent. A man who takes an active interest in several hundred charities to benefit the young, the old, minority groups and the arts. A man who — almost 30 years ago — established his own charity, focused on helping the least privileged in our society: the Prince’s Trust (now Britain’s leading youth charity) has thus far helped almost half a million youngsters to overcome personal hardship or unfortunate circumstance.
Umm. . . if he were a commoner, he wouldn’t have tens of millions of unearned wealth and a life of leisure in which to do these things, now would he?
(Hat tip: Andrew Sullivan)
There are other rich people in the UK besides the Royal Family; at least some of them have children; and one supposes at least some of those children are out doing some of the same things as Prince Charles.
No, that’s certainly true. But a lot easier to get rich if you start out that way.
The concept of “Royal Blood” is an abomination and an affront to the dignity of human nature. Kleptocratic offspring of violent, blood-thirsty tribal chiefs. Every society that finally frees itself from these parasites (and takes back the wealth stolen by them) is improved.
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