I don't consider myself very American other than in my hatred of royalty. I despise the idea. Birthrights. Bah! The idea that someone is, by default, better than someone else sickens me.
LONDON, England (AP) -- Queen Elizabeth is seen rebuking famed photographer Annie Leibovitz in a new BBC documentary.
Queen Elizabeth delivers her annual speech to the House of Commons in London, England, November 23, 2004.
Leibovitz was preparing to take an official portrait of the queen at Buckingham Palace in London. The photographer, known for making unusual requests, at one point asked the queen to remove her crown.
Before Leibovitz could finish her sentence, the queen gave the photographer an icy stare before storming off. An official followed close behind, lifting the large train of her blue velvet cape off the floor.
Queen Elizabeth was heard telling her lady-in-waiting: "I'm not changing anything."
Four official portraits of the queen were eventually released by Leibovitz
4 comments:
The idea isn't really that someone is better, it's that their parents were richer and had more clout in society. America has the exact same thing. Are you a commie, Scott?
America does not have the same thing. Wealth and royalty are not the same thing even if most royals are rich most rich are not royals. And although our celebrities occassionally resemble royalty their children do not automatically establish the same clout. Further my tax dollars don't prop up Paris Hilton, for instance. And America, in theory, though frequently not in practice is a meritocracy, and that's how it should be.
The children of wealth do keep their money and very often their parents clout. Lets face it, Ted Kennedy didn't come from some poor family in Southie. George W Bush isn't particularly smart.
At this point the very royals you're complaining about have less actual power than Paris Hilton. Do they even receive tax dollars anymore?
All arguments aside, it turns out the event never even happened: BBC Apology Link
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