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In a monarchy you can criticize the Prime Minister or any other minister in government, but it's treason to speak out against the King. If the King does something bad it's because he got bad advice from the PM. Even the opposition party is called the Loyal Opposition, as you're meant to maintain loyalty to the King even while expressing opposition to the government.
Nowadays most monarchies are constitutional and the King's speeches are written by the Prime Minister so it's actually correct to criticize the PM for the things the King says.
It's interesting how the MAGAs are behaving in exactly the same way people behave in a monarchy. Unfortunately the President isn't constitutionally limited so King Trump can do whatever he wants.
I really do think that a constitutional monarchy is better than a republic now. We have people in Canada that also believe that you prove your patriotism by being loyal to a guy that surrounds himself with gold. But they can bow to King Charles and it doesn't matter because he has no political power. Gotta have a King so the subservient part of the population can feel happy without fucking things up by creating a King that has power.
What?
The king can go fuck himself.
Yes it's also serves as a litmus test to determine whether or not someone has any real problems in their life.
If you're upset at the PM about policies, there might be a real issue. If you're upset at the King because of symbolism, you don't have any real problems.
Disliking paedos eating at Pizza Express doesn't mean that I don't have legitimate problems with leeches on society.
As for the quote, you are quite wrong. We criticise the king all the time, and refer to his brother as a nonce.
You don't mean king, you mean despots can't handle criticism.
Fuck the king.