What makes a good king? what do you have to do to be a good king, is it being popular with your subjects is it keeping contorl of them? is it keeping the country finacially secure? what are your ideas?
2007-09-22 22:55:40 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Royalty
These days being a King is merely another name for the MD of the royalty business. The only qualification is being born to the right person.
2007-09-23 06:02:24 · answer #1 · answered by monkeyface 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well, I am not a royalist, so my first reaction is to say a 'dead one.'
Having said that, I am rather interested in history and I would suggest that you look at the cases of Richard the Lionheart and King John - in the Plantagenet era.
Richard the Lionheart is often claimed as being a good king, going off to fight the Crusade wars, though, he was never here! (Perhaps that is why he was proclaimed as good!). King John, however, was here and ruled the country - perhaps with too much of an iron fist, but ruled, he did. He pulled in taxes which were unpopular with the nation - but had to do it to finance Richards jaunts!
Nowadays, of course, the ruling monarch doesn't have these problems, they are for Parliament to control!
Can I suggest that you take yourself to a different environment? The classroom or the office? What makes a good manager? Is it a manager (or teacher) who is popular with staff or students but has no control over them? Is it a manager (or teacher) who has control with staff or students but gets the job done, despite being unpopular? And if you are really good at it, being a 'people manager' then you can have control, get the job done and still be popular!
You will have to work out which you think is right.
2007-09-22 23:25:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends whether he is a constitutional monarch or not. If he is, then not talking about politics publicly is a good start (except when he's expected to like in the UK - the State opening of Parliament). He can talk about his interests if they are not political, e.g although he's not King yet, Prince Charles talked about the new extension to the National Gallery as a "mounstrous carbuncle".
An absolute monarch needs to be just - and anything that makes a good government would apply in this case.
2007-09-23 01:29:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think a truly good King would be one who lives through the same things, the same way as all of his subjects. Not hidden behind some palace walls sitting on a throne not giving a toss to what's happening to his people. Now, will this happen when Prince Charles becomes King? Doubt it...
2007-09-25 14:32:55 · answer #4 · answered by Lady Miss Keir 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The tip on being a good King is not to murder innocent people like Dodi Al Fayed and the Princess of Wales just because Daddy does not want them in the family
2007-09-24 16:31:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Bill Clinton would make a good king...NOT for his policies but rather for his personality. He is smart, charming, gracious, friendly, a polished speaker. He was great in a disaster like Oklahoma City. In a nutshell he is warm and fuzzy and that's what makes a good king.
2007-09-23 04:07:57 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A thorough knowledge of the blues. From delta all the way to electric blues. B.B King Albert King ......
2007-09-26 03:38:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
hoodwinking the nation he rules to make them believe he is a necessity for the nation, and keeping all the money he gathers all along hidden. The windsors have been doing that in britain for over a century
2007-09-23 04:43:59 · answer #8 · answered by polldiva 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a king that have a citizens heart. Knowing what the citizen needs and providing them. socialising with the citizens. making sure the country is peaceful and financially secure.
do not provoke idiots like osama bin laden, and encouraging them ot do more idiot things
2007-09-22 23:02:19 · answer #9 · answered by Lisa 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Accurate representation of and for his people.
Principled diplomacy, to encourage the right and transform the wrong.
Analysis,communication and compassion to thoughtfully select how best to reward excellence and selflessness in society.
Vitality, curiosity and dignity.
Good advisers.
2007-09-22 23:38:29 · answer #10 · answered by jory 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋