would you rather be a subject or a citizen?

Question

I just think the royal family are out of date and a waste of time in this day and age, i mean what do they actually do thats usefull anymore?

Answer 1

Well said Alex. Anyone with even a miniscule sense of social justice wants to be a citizen. Monarchy belongs to the feudal system and has no place in a country claiming to be a democracy.

I am neither inferior or superior to anyone which is the implication of being a subject.

One day we will have an elected head of state, maybe not yet but it will happen.

I am loyal to the people of this country, not the aristocracy. Why do we have to show loyalty to an institution we have no control over and which heads the class system that still survives in this country?

Answer 2

What's the different really between a royal subject and a citizen of a country or commonwealth of a nation with a royal family? Same difference really, we all are citizen of some country, but people who don't live in a country under a crown just aren't called subjects.

Answer 3

Good question. If you would ever get the opportunity to meet a member of the Royal family it is just such a great thing to be able to say you have done. They are OUR royal family, something that makes our country unique, and we should be proud of them. And what would we put on stamps and coins? And what would Coronation Street be called? And what would the papers write about instead? We would all miss them in one way or another very much if they were not here, even if it is just to moan about them.

Answer 4

Royalty brings with it a certain amount of class and tradition. I think it kind of sets the tone for how the rest of the country behaves. With all the money the government steals or wastes here in America, I wouldn't mind spending some of it on a Royal Family. Unfortunately that's not something that was ever a part of the U.S.A. So you see, some of us are envious of what you take for granted (and even grow weary of)!

Answer 5

They bring lots of cash in
sign laws in or decide they don't want them
they are a national figure head
moral boosters
award givers
fund raisers
and don't forget the royal family is still the head of an empire (small as it may be) not just the UK including Canada and Australia

Answer 6

Citizen every time. Why should someone have the right to do absolutely whatever they want (including take my home from me!) just because of an accident of birth.
These people also can move government secrets into their own private storage and we can NEVER know what they are.

They are far more powerful than we realise!

And before we trot out the old tourism rubbish, there are plenty of countries that do better than us tourism-wise without these German-bred leeches at the helm!

Viva La Revolution!

Answer 7

A subject is very important in English, you can not say or write a sentence without a subject. The royal family know that and are very aware that without us, they would have no job.

Answer 8

Citizen.

Answer 9

She probably does more in a week than you have in your lifetime.

Doesn't matter the country, if you live there you are subject to their laws, to their parliaments, to their bureaucrats and politicians.

If you want to exercise the "rights" or privileges of a citizen of the UK (or Commonwealth Realms) then you should be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty the Queen and to her lawful successors.

Answer 10

Who would possibly rather be a subject? Do people not know what it means? To be "subject" to someone else's will?

If they would rather be a subject, would they like to be mine? I've got some jobs need doing in the garden.
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