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: It's curious that the two countries that needs
: their monarchies the most - Belgium and
: Spain - are those whose RFs (some members,
: of course - Laurent and Cristina) are not
: helping at all.
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: Republicans might be delighted.
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: We can all claim to have faulty genes and a
: dysfunctional family. This fellow has had
: all the opportunities in the world to make
: something of his life. His situation only
: emphasises that modern monarchies only need
: a few professionally trained royals to
: perform the duties required and that all
: others need to be in charge of the own
: lives, financially independent from the
: state and constitutionally unshackled.
: Albert and the various governments prolonged
: this mess by not modernising the monarchy
: sooner. It would have been nice if Albert
: had curtailed the problem and not leave it
: to his successor. It will be interesting to
: see how the Monarchs in Belgium and Spain
: will deal with these family dynamics that
: threaten the very institution they have to
: uphold.
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: Im not so sure. They have threatened taking
: aways or reducing his state income before
: and it made no lasting impression. My fear
: is that if they cut him off he'll do even
: madder things to finance his lifestyle. It's
: part of the eccentric Wittelsbach ancestry
: of his great grandmother as well as that of
: the Coburgs.
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: Members of all royal families should be
: taught
: from early childhood to understand that with
: their rank and privileges come
: responsibilities and duties. If they forget
: the latter, then consideration should be
: given to whether they should continue to
: enjoy the former. That does not mean
: depriving them of succession rights, because
: that puts at risk the independence of the
: crown, but whether the financial subsidies
: they enjoy come from the state or the crown,
: reduction or removal should be a sanction
: for any action which diminishes the crown. I
: am sure if Prince Laurent was offered the
: stark choice of accepting his privileged
: position and the responsibilities that go
: with it or, earning his own living, he would
: stop moaning.
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: http://www.lesoir.be/1389396/article/actualite/belgique/2016-12-11/coup-colere-du-prince-laurent-condamne-par-une-majorite-belges
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: according to a recent poll. The Flemish are
: far more criticial.... nothing surprising
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