The Royalist - Who Calls The Shots Around Here?

Who Calls The Shots Around Here?

Written by Dr. Janice Seto

Sunday, 18 May 2008

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The Saxe-Coburg family came to power in 1831 when Prince Leopold, widower of the late Princess Charlotte of Wales, was invited to the throne .

He duly vowed to uphold the constitution and rule of the people.

Have you ever known Queen Elizabeth II to refuse to sign any laws passed by her parliament?

Of course not.

What is clear is that the leader's chief responsibility has nothing to do with religion. And a divisive religious figure associating within the corridors of power can derail the leader's effectiveness.

Take the public airing of a rabble rousing man of the cloth as the chief spiritual advisor for the leader and you wonder about his impact on said figure.

No, I am not referring to the now infamous Reverend Wright and Democratic candidate Senator Barack Obama, but to the infamous Rasputin and the Russian Empress Alexandra and her husband, Tsar Nicholas II.

Rasputin's influence over Alexandra led directly to the assassinations in 1918 inside the basement in Ekatarinberg.

The inept tsar had taken control over Russia's World War I effort, leaving conservative Alexandra in de facto control over domestic issues.

The Empress’s powerful influence over her uxorious husband was comically depicted in the Prince John mini-series, The Lost Prince. Essentially, thanks to Alexandra, the 'mad monk' Rasputin in effect had control over a vulnerable and agitated Russia. (Pop group Boney M recounted a somewhat accurate Greek chorus on the matter in their pop song, Rasputin - a great exercise song, if I may add.)

The story of the tragic fate of the Romanovs is only now coming to a close.

Royals across the globe may have breathed a collective sigh of relief earlier this month when it was revealed that DNA samples have confirmed that archaeologists have indeed retrieved the remains of the last two missing members of the slain Romanov family.

So....the answer to our question of 'Who calls the shots around here?'

It’s one which the surviving monarchies of the world should heed, for the answer is quite simply: 'We, the people'.

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Name: Janice Seto	Comment: Hello, exploora, interesting points. Yes, wonder which friend advised, and Peter and Autumn decided to trust, on the Hello! magazine money-for-access? In giving up his privacy after a lifetime out of the limelight... Peter must have significantly changed the tenor of his friends. Thanks for the link with fictional royals.

Name: Janice Seto	Comment: Thank you, Monika, for taking time to write in. I enjoy research and the links between the current news and historical patterns. I am working on my Enneagram and princesses book - with a publication date of July 2008. Take care, Janice

Name: exploora

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Being a student of operations management, I have learned the focus is not really on the control lines as much on the quality of what have you when the units one is producing stay within the range of the control lines.

People have a tolerance level related to the limits of quality of life which is placed upon them.

Having the kind of money Hello allegedly paid the Philips, will effect the quality of life they have. I think they made the right decision if the target outcome was their own quality of future.

Control lines are a means to an end, the target is quality, and control is the process to gain the quality.

My grandfather was very bright, and he wasn't able to go past grade 6 when he was in England, and so he took the boat to Canada at 17, for a better life. And lots of people did that then in the early 1900's.

This is the 21st century, what a marvelous world it is. Imagine being able to even participate in a forum on a global scale like this.

It is amazing. And we have the internet because people believed in it, and grew it. We can probably do that with almost anything.

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Name: exploora

Comment:
Incredible article.

I think though the situation is a lot like the situation found in Narnia, where as we all know, Prince Caspian too had a problem related to a power hungry uncle whose power was in some ways based on exclusion of other creatures, who were much smarter than given credit for, as long as they didn't get too hungry. Once the creature got too hungry, then the power of the beast would take over.

I think Peter and Autumn will have a different kind of life, having that much money, and why should they have to be exploited by the press for free. Peter doesn't even get a title, so how really Royal has he been made to feel. So now they are rich in cash, people will bow to them a bit, regardless of a lack of title.

And what kind of real life has HM had anyway, related to money.

Taking Harry's car for instance, it is technically a high performance car. A person feels like they want to give a high performance driving such a car.

When a person is ghettoized, they may be accused of narcissism at the same time and in the same kind of situation as a person in a higher socio economic bracket(class) will be told they have a right to feel pride. Pride and prejudice seem to have complimentary roles somehow.

Pride I think can be used as a mind control tool. And of course, so can money.

I personally don't know if the article was worth a million dollars to Hello. I wonder if they were expecting more co-operation from the more seniour royals relating to picture taking. Who knows.

It is now history.

Name: Monika	Comment: What an excellent, informative and thought provoking article... Thank you, Dr Seto.

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