I guess my question is specific to the british royal family.

I saw a post online that said “God save the King” and had a photo of the king. The idea of a monarch or reverence for any other type of leader simply because they are the leader is outside of my experience.

I’m not here to disagree or argue, please don’t feel like you need to justify or convince me. I can accept that people value different things.

I would like to understand the appeal the monarchy or even specifically King Charles has for people who respect and support the monarchy.

  • Arcanepotato@crazypeople.onlineOPEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Thanks for the response. It can see the appeal of stability, especially in the case of the BRF where they serve for long terms and they aren’t getting usurped or whatever.

    I am curious about your statements about the civil service. I am in a common wealth country. I don’t work in the civil service but I thought about it for some time so I looked at the structure.

    Federal civil servants are not tied to elected officials except that they report to Cabinet Ministers who are appointed by the Prime Minister.

    I thought the UK was the same? From the wiki:

    The Civil Service is meant to be a politically neutral body, with the function of impartially implementing the policy programme of the elected government.

    My understanding of this is that this means they are to carry out the instructions of the elected government. Do you see this differently?

    • FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      My understanding of this is that this means they are to carry out the instructions of the elected government. Do you see this differently?

      I think that in practice they really don’t. Sabotage going on left and right. But also, in order to carry the instructions of elected governments, it’s best to have a civil service who see themselves as third party, separate, perhaps above the politicians.