THE QUEEN'S NINETIETH BIRTHDAY - TIME TO RETIRE?

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oday is Her Majesty's 90th birthday, with her having apparently spent 64 years on the Throne of Britain. She is, even on her 90th year on the earth, blessed with good health and still has reasonably good mobility. She is loved by probably most of her British subjects and millions around the world. I do not believe in a sentient god so I cannot ask such an entity to bless Her Majesty; especially as there is so much evidence that she is a blessed woman.

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er Majesty has two children, many grandchildren and even more great grandchildren. She will, today, continue to be the longest serving English Monarch, although, just what that means in contemporary 21st Century society is quite debatable. As I see it, for decades Her Majesty has been a figure head of the British State, with no effective power, as can be surmised from the fact that there seems to be no or little evidence of her having challenged anything which her many governments have proposed and implemented. This suggests that Her Majesty's main function within the British state is to rubber stamp the whatever her governments put before her and asks her to sign, before she presents same to the nation and preamble it with the now well-known phrase: "My Government ..."

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or the Monarchistic British subjects and those around the world, Her Majesty is a celebrity who is worthy of veneration; which she receives in abundant measures. For them, she makes their day, their week, their year, and even their lives. For them, long may her Majesty reign over the beautiful lands of England and Britain, even if her Majesty's subjects are in different levels of conflict in different parts of her domain, with the Scots wanting their independence after 310 years of being conquered by the English and subjected to the reign of the Kingdom, and the people of Northern Ireland, still being divided after hundreds of years of 'troubles' arising from their colonisation by the English.

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er Majesty is oftentimes referred to as 'being gracious', yet, it is a mystery as to why her graciousness has never led her to leave the Throne of Britain in favour of giving her son, Prince Charles, or one of her grandsons, Harry or William, the opportunity of reigning over Britain. It does seem to be the case that not having a Monarch, or Her Majesty the Queen, in particular, would make little or no difference to the lives of the British people, except for the state becoming a republic, and the effect it would have on institutions such as the Privy Council, Commonwealth, etc.

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s such, the need or benefit of having Her Majesty the Queen as the British Monarch for 64 odd years, is far from being obvious. Could it be, therefore, that ~Her Majesty, by being so possessive of the Throne of Britain, is, as well as being her gracious self - which she undoubtedly is - is also being just a little selfish?

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otwithstanding any of the above, do have a lovely day, your Majesty, and continue to remain in good health.






OWOHROD




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