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What if the Queen was a Republican?
Pink Paisley Started conversation Mar 9, 2016
Is there anything that she could actually DO about it?
Republican in the British sense of course.
PP.
What if the Queen was a Republican?
paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Mar 9, 2016
Oh.
I thought maybe you were hoping she could derail Donald Trump's campaign. I would have trouble supporting any of the remaining Republican candidates.
In any event, I always thought the Queen was required to be above politics. After all, she is not allowed to vote because she *is* the government.
What if the Queen was a Republican?
Orcus Posted Mar 9, 2016
It would seem to me she's had some time to think about it however. I expect she's no.
Maybe Charlie boy or Wills feel different
What if the Queen was a Republican?
bobstafford Posted Mar 9, 2016
The family line a long and if the current family do not want the job there will be another distant family member who will take it on.
It will put a bit of a blight on the tourist industry as well, they offset a large amount of their running costs with tourist revenue.
What if the Queen was a Republican?
paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Mar 10, 2016
Queen Victoria had nine children. Of those, eight have living descendants. It's really a very large number of people.
What if the Queen was a Republican?
Gnomon - time to move on Posted Mar 10, 2016
If the Queen were a republican, she could abdicate and allow someone else to take over, in this case Charles.
Alternatively she could campaign for the abolition of the Monarchy, a decision which would have to be made by the government if they wanted to do so. I don't think the government are required to ask the people's opinion before making such a change but they would be well advised to hold a referendum.
What if the Queen was a Republican?
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