fiat_lux@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 hours agoAndrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested and in custody on suspicion of misconduct in public officewww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square138fedilinkarrow-up1596arrow-down11cross-posted to: world@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.world
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minus-squarepi3r8@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·7 hours agoHe was a trade envoy for the uk.
minus-squareBrummbaer@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 hours agoMakes sense in a way, but still weird giving royal families any public office because they are royal.
minus-squaregreygore@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 hours agoThink of the royals like vestigial organs - they still exist and do something, but your body won’t really miss them if they’re removed.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 hours agoUS appoints all kinds of people to government senior roles no one would elect.
He was a trade envoy for the uk.
Makes sense in a way, but still weird giving royal families any public office because they are royal.
Think of the royals like vestigial organs - they still exist and do something, but your body won’t really miss them if they’re removed.
US appoints all kinds of people to government senior roles no one would elect.