Quote Originally Posted by gaelic cowboy View Post
[...]Now that I think some democracy's have president's very close to monarchs. Ireland's President can be appointed by the Dail if all sides of the House agree this has happened three times so far in the last thirty years. Also the Job of our president is broadly simmilar to a monarch no power but still head of state. Hmm time to sharpen up the pikes maybe
I think it's interesting how the president of the US holds more political power within their system, than any one person holds within the political system of our constitutional monarchy. (AP, You may want to reassess which systems you consider more authoritarian )

Quote Originally Posted by Rhyfelwyr View Post
[...], and inbreeding is always an issue (and that's a serious point as well).
Probably why the danish prince married a tassie