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We are not ruled by our monarchy. Their role is purely ceremonial. But yes they are of German descent.
It's ceremonial only by convention. Most of the monarchy's power still legally exists, which to me is ridiculous
Guess what would happen if they tried to use that power
Nothing! Because they already use that power, just not in public. They blatantly exercise their powers to extort judges/politicians/media to their benefit.
They'd be deposed, obviously. Thing is, the very act of deposing them would be an extralegal action, as all laws in the UK are established under the crowns authority. Legally speaking it would be the equivalent of a non-violent coup. Hence ceremonial by convention(de facto), rather than by law(de jure).
There would definitely be a huge backlash. But also a very vocal minority who would probably support them. The end result would be some long overdue changes to our constitutional setup, but given the current state of UK politics, this would be delivered at the end of a highly polarising and disruptive period (I'm thinking Brexit vote level of rancour).
Would be better if we just nipped this in the bud now. Remove the monarchy's constitutional power, and make them fund themselves with their huge existing wealth. They can keep the titles and ceremonies for all I care, just pay for it themselves
Define "Most".
Every new law passed is signed off by the monarch, a new PM still has to ask royal permission to form a government etc. In practice, these are purely formalities and are treated as such, but still legally there
The monarchies of Europe were one big family anyway up to WW1.
we know we have made memes about it
I mean, the Saudi monarchy has significant pull in every world government.
Not that uncommon tbh, in Norway our monarchs are of Danish descent.
We (NL) have distantly German monarchs. Currently half our Royal Pair is from 🇦🇷 Argentina, which is neat.
some of us hate it but unfortunately we're in the minority
What annoys me more is that they're British (/j). But nah they're hardly foreign it's just like their grandad or great grandad, you could make an equal claim that trump is German I think (off the top of my head).
Explain that
They belong(ed) to the german royal house "Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha" and changed their name to "Windsor" after WW1 to not be affiliated with germany anymore. I don't know if that's enough to call them foreign though.
A "house name" represents only one of a person's many ancestors.
If I'm not mistaken, the royals are German or something.