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originally posted by: Boadicea
I think you're right. Technically, one can abdicate their throne, which is how Queen Elizabeth became queen (when her brother abdicated);
originally posted by: Boadicea
a reply to: Profusion
I think you're right. Technically, one can abdicate their throne, which is how Queen Elizabeth became queen (when her brother abdicated); but I'm sure doing so has its downside too. "Gilded cage"... yes.... yes indeed.
What struck me about your OP though is that we can all create our own gilded cage so to speak. I know people who have been very successful in their careers, who have made themselves a slave to their job... their wealth... their position.... in various ways.
It's really quite sad to think about.
You can't quit being a queen. It's in your blood, literally. Even if you tried to quit, you would still be the queen legally speaking.
There is no way out of the position and therefore it's slavery IMHO.
originally posted by: boncho
a reply to: Profusion
You can't quit being a queen. It's in your blood, literally. Even if you tried to quit, you would still be the queen legally speaking.
There is no way out of the position and therefore it's slavery IMHO.
As someone mentioned, you can abdicate the throne. But lets be realistic for a second, the slaves back then were not the royals. My god. You cannot argue being born into a life of privilege is slavery. Yes they have to hold certain beliefs, and pander to certain things, thats how it worked.
In return they got to live in palaces and have absolute authority over their peers, regarded to near deity status. Money, power, everything, the world was their oyster and all that.
Plenty of people born into these families couldn't fit in, didnt like the lifestyle, whatever. They would fall out and someone would take their place.
Madrid in 1830, the eldest daughter of King Ferdinand VII of Spain, and of his fourth wife and niece, Maria Christina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. Queen Maria Christina became regent on 29 September 1833, when her three-year-old daughter Isabella was proclaimed sovereign on the death of the king.
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Who Can Enter Into a Contract?
Having the "capacity to contract" means the person who signs a contract has the ability to understand what they are getting into. Typically, a person must be of the legal age of majority in the state the contract is entered into as well as mentally and physically able to read and understand the terms of the agreement. If an adult or business signs a contract with someone who is too young, the minor may be able to disaffirm, or walk away from, the contract with little to no legal consequences.
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originally posted by: Cinrad
In what way was it different to anybody else born then and there? Unlike the person born to a village blacksmith, the monarch had a chance to better themselves by waging war against thier neighbours and acquiring his possesions, and all with impunity (unless they lost).