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Old 10-23-2007, 08:46 AM   #19 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by W.E.B. Du Bois View Post
That's interesting. I don't know jack about the Spanish monarchy. Didn't even know they had one. I also didn't know that the English queen was "powerful." I was under the impression that ever since the so-called Glorious Revolution hundreds of years ago, the monarchy in Britain was hobbled. What can the Queen of Britain do that you would say that she is "powerful?"


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Well the Spanish monarch is hailed as the one who brought democracy to Spain... funny somehow...

Franco thought he might have found a loyal successor in form of the reestablished king. And then this ungrateful bastard did use his power to rebuild a democratic Spain ...

I think the Spanish king does not have much powers nowadays. He is not even allowed to live in the royal palace in Madrid...
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