lazyboxer wrote: The importance of symbolic gestures like the Queen Mother's visit to London's East End during the Blitz can't be overestimated as a way of strengthening morale during difficult times.
lazyboxer wrote:The British Crown represents the nation, not the state, and by implication the wished-for unity of its people.
yusuf wrote:the queen represents the establishment and aspirants..she does not represent our nation ...
Andy_S wrote:Officially, she does represent our nation
Steve James wrote:Otoh, the "people" look up to their monarchs because they represent the "nation" and its continuity; and, therefore, the continuity of the "people." In the former colonies, and former monarchies, the people don't use monarchs as representatives or as historical (and mythological) benchmarks.
We absolutely are represented as a people by an agent of our Queen, IE: ERII.
I think when it comes to the USA, you may not incorporate monarchy into your government, but you wouldn't have that system without the groundwork being laid by Britain and it's constitutional monarchy.
Can you imagine how better off Haiti would be if they could just oust their government and throw in a representative until they had a functioning democracy again?
Steve James wrote:...I would say that the Queen has little in common with most UK people. I'd also say that I don't know of anyone in the non-UK world who thinks that the British are like the Queen.
She has tea with toast and marmalade for breakfast and is a non-intellectual with little or no interest in literature, music or the arts.....
Anyone who knows her, or has at least met her for more than 30 seconds, will attest to her utterly ordinary and down-to-earth character.
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