Wrong way round mateReluctant Watchman wrote: ↑September 9th, 2022, 7:29 amI’m glad you guys could learn a thing or two from the Constitution.Robin Hood wrote: ↑September 9th, 2022, 2:20 amI think many Americans don't understand the British constitutional monarchy. Why would they!Being There wrote: ↑September 9th, 2022, 12:24 amyou've been in England too long under her majesty rule. ,Robin Hood wrote: ↑September 8th, 2022, 2:16 pm
You're conflating two different things.
You're claiming they fled Europe to escape captivity... but they didn't because they were still in captivity in the new world and had to have a war to get out of it.
So perhaps you could clarify what you mean. What was the nature of the captivity from which they fled in Europe?
but maybe things will change, now that she's dead.
The monarch is of no consequence to most Britons. The king reigns with the permission of parliament and has no real influence on our everyday lives. None at all.
Thankfully, the monarch is required to be strictly a-political. When we look across the pond at the shenanigins surrounding US presidents past and present, we are mostly thankful our head of state is above and outwith all of that nonsense.
For some reason, many Americans assume they're the only ones who have freedom. Magna Carta anyone?
Unfortunately most Americans don’t value it much these days.
The Magna Carta predates the US Constitution by several hundred years, and was used as it's foundation.