lestraxnge:And so it goes. The stings and bites we suffer, as it slips away. Bit by bit. Piece by pi

lestraxnge:

And so it goes. The stings and bites we suffer, as it slips away. Bit by bit. Piece by piece. Our authority, our absolutism, our divine rights. The history of the monarchy in this country is a one way street of humiliation, of sacrifices and concessions in order to survive. First the barons came for us, then the merchants, now the journalists. Small wonder we make such a fuss about curtseys, protocol and precedent. It’s all we have left. The last scraps of armour as we go from ruling, to reigning, to being nothing at all…