She had a good opportunity to abolish monarchy there…
I think that would have to be done by the Parliament.
Still a good moment to initiate that discussion.
The discussion was initiated several hundreds years ago and is still going. Approximately 80% of the population are in favour of keeping the monarchy in its current form.
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Me when non-French Europeans ask why I don’t care about their opinions on anything
But you care about French opinions?
Yes. They know the proper role of monarchs.
She’s not in charge of that. Denmark has a parliament, and the Danish people do not want to abolish the monarchy. In fact, the Danish royals are very popular in Denmark and abroad.
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What’s the point?
Exactly. What’s the point of monarchy in 2024?
They serve as good will ambassadors and bring in more tourist money than they cost to keep running.
They also have lobbying and political power, at least in the UK.
Also, it’s not the living monarchs that attract tourists. It’s the buildings, the places, and the history. Just look at France and Versailles. You do know what they did to their monarchy, right? It’s the place and the history, that people go for.
Because a lot of them think they are somehow superior to others because they know who their ancestors were for the last 30 generations.
Regardless of the reason, that’s good. This is not the middle age anymore
its a complete embarrassment that denmark still has a royal family
Sounds like she could do with more bran in her diet >_>
I bet her diet is better than any of the users on Lemmy. I’d like to see you at 83 with all of your bran
Whoosh?
I guess I need something explained. What did I miss?
Cause she’s been sitting on the throne (toilet) for so long. :)
Thanks. I had missed the toilet reference
rip bozo
As good a time as any to post this classic Peter serafinowicz clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IDmSnD2pzc&t=43
She somehow looks even worse than Lizzie.
She looks worse than a dead person ?
Someone’s a skelephile.
Dude… She’s turning 84 in April. She looks stunning for her age
Total GILF. The danish accent really does it for me too.