Couldn't agree more Oes. Freedom of choice is surely the ultimate luxury. Not a luxury the Queen has had since she was a little girl of about eight and Queen Mary, seeing which way the wind was blowing with the Duke of Windsor, made her memorise every country and it's position on the globe in...
I entirely agree that having a Royal Family is like having an extended family. In my family we have wept and cheered with the crowds on so many occasions over the years. There is a lot of comfort in the continuity of having one figurehead There have been times, one that springs to mind is the...
The trouble is a king takes precedence over a queen and that is why anyone marrying a queen can only ever be a prince consort, as in Prince Albert and Prince Phillip. Male or female, i don't really mind but I do accept that the birth of a Prince makes things a lot less complicated.