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Are there any members of currently-reigning European royal families who live in New York City? Or do any members of reigning European royal families plan to visit New York City in the remaining months of 2023? Thanks.

If you think that electing a head of state is a better method than having a Western European-style kind of queen, just look at the USA and think again.

True for the first point. In the US, it seems as though it's almost mandatory to believe that the US is the greatest country in the world, though. I don't think that it is; it's done a lot of good in the world and its population lives well, but there are others that do a better job of...

I agree on the first point. On the second: I'm a native-born American, but I think that the US has a LOT of room for improvement.

No, you misread my post-- Many of the "13 Colonies" kept their governor positions and legislatures once the US became independent. They kept the same basic arrangements for their executive and legislative branches both pre- and post-revolution. If you can't understand that, then you need to...

The United States has always been a republic, but: US states along the Eastern coast were provinces and colonies directly under the British crown (with a range of arrangements), and some of them basically have the same government structure as before 1776. Most of the rest of the country was...

Monarchist parties would need to propose a solution to a problem that people have. Most people probably don't care if the head of state is a monarch or a president. Monarchist parties would need to show why changing to a monarch would directly affect people, for the better. It's an uphill...

I was really sad to see Princess Margareta crying when the King's plane arrived. It shows that royals are humans, like the rest of us, but really made me sad. At least it's heartening to see such an outpouring of support for such a great man. Why can't we in the United States have a leader...

Very sad. King Michael is surely first among the saints in Heaven.

I vote for "Duke and Duchess of Washington". Washington, DC WAS a territory ruled by the Royal Family, and nobody is currently claiming the title. Giving a duchy in North America, particularly a place where often-loathed US presidents live, would be a sign of hope for all of us that there is a...

Isn't the new arrangement sort of a restoration, and in some respects better than a restoration as previously envisaged by some? If I got a free palace, a staff paid for by the state, official recognition as being the Royal Family of Romania, with a state-recognized succession, and didn't have...

All of these people (King Michael and Margarita excluded) are trashy. It doesn't matter who might have done or said whatever.

Just how hard is it to be royalty? The basics: * Don't commit crimes * Don't behave immorally * Stay out of partisan politics Not hard to do! If these people can't follow those basic rules, they don't deserve royal status.

This whole situation is really just sad. King Michael is such a saint and perfectly behaved, and I wonder what went wrong in the family. I definitely raced to see my grandparents before they passed away, but if they had made it clear that I wasn't welcome, I wouldn't have.

Doesn't King Felipe know that saying things that are highly partisan, when your country is in crisis, is a good way to result in the monarchy being abolished, and that staying totally neutral and quiet is sometimes the best approach? Maybe the former king of Greece could remind him.

The facts: 1. In the late 1800s, a coup overthrew the monarchy of Hawaii. The coup was led by native-born Hawaiians. (They were of US background, but they were native-born Hawaiians.) 2. The US intervened after the coup. The US has acknowledged that the annexation of Hawaii was unlawful...

Apart from visits from Margareta and Radu, does King Michael have other family members with him? I find it strange and sad if he's all by himself (without family).

If having a separate head of state is ridiculous, why do so many countries have that structure? I believe that far more countries have structures with separate heads of state than have a Presidential system like the US has. I'm an "insider" and I don't think that the US system is fine. The US...

So now the US has picked its fourth deeply-polarizing president in a row. I don't see any Constitutional changes, which would be necessary to have a non-partisan head of state, but I wonder if any significant number of people will start thinking about having one?

By "partisan", I mean "political party" partisan. There were no political parties when the US was first organized. George Washington was nonpartisan and was picked with overwhelming support. I'd think that Democrats would say that George W. Bush scorned them. Republicans certainly think that...

Yes, Cepe, the US president (or a president in a presidential systems) is certainly not the same as a constitutional monarch in Western Europe/the UK. I think that the US presidential system should adopt more aspects of a constitutional monarchy or semi-presidential or parliamentary...

US presidents do NOT pay the costs of their vacations. Air Force One costs $210,000 per hour of flight. If the president paid for that, 2 hours of flying time would consume the president's entire annual salary. Plus the Secret Service and a whole entourage of people travel with the first...

Moonmaiden23, your posts and your words are extremely nasty and condescending. You also don't seem to grasp what the posts that you respond to are saying. You may also want to explore what a "head of state" is. That's what I'm talking about, not a "head of government." You seem to have no...

Can you read? Where did I ever say that I opposed democracy? Your view-- "love it as-is or leave it" is Stalinist. Read my post to see what I called for--rethinking the US's elected, partisan head of state--and then respond. With your nasty posts, you clearly haven't done that. Canada...

Again, what a nasty, nasty viewpoint. People you like should be allowed to stay in the US. People who you don't agree with should shut up or leave. That's your clear viewpoint. It's extremely nasty.