[.45 Long Colt]

I don’t understand why Americans give a fig about royals. I have no king but King Jesus.

[muawiyah]

Uh, not particularly concerned but these people are all relatives of a good number of Freepers ~ natural aristocracy and all of that aside, the folks in 'the Family' are more closely related to the earliest European settlers here than are many late arriving immigrants.

Besides, one of my ancestors designed that fort. Finally the king comes to take a look!

[kabumpo]

If not for Queen Isabella of Spain, Columbus would not have made his discoveries of the Americas. All of the New World explorers were financed by the crown of a European country. And it was a king who is responsible for the translation of the bible into English - a translation that stands on its own as a great work of literature, that has been the source of great literature into modern times. Royalty commissioned and supported much of the art that is the cornerstone of western civilization.
Please open your eyes.

[Viennacon]

Especially the royals of corrupt, Orwellian Sweden.