(01-12-2023, 01:33 AM)Baggers date Wrote:The trade-off for loadsa loot versus having your life controlled, totally, by others would be untenable for most of us.There is a reason why the late Monarch referred to a life of service, and service is the price paid for privilege, in this regard HRH was peerless.
I'm not sure Harkle sees it that way, they seem to want the privilege, but to me they seem vehemently opposed to the service part.
Personally, in the role there is no escaping the service part, in the old days release from service was the gallows or guillotine!
I do realise the two abdicated, and I believe they repaid taxpayers some sum of money, a noble gesture, but a pittance compared to what they have been awarded. I'm not sure it even amounted to $0.01 on the dollar!
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"