皇朝末落

英皇乃澳洲國家元首, 女皇崩殂, 澳洲總理把9月22日訂為國殤日公眾假期, 此舉引起不少小型企業經營者不滿, 因為公眾假期僱主要額外支薪給僱員, 小老闆叫苦。一些病人安排了的手術也要取消, 也引起不滿。從不敬畏皇權的標少, 看到訂出公眾假期的日子, 即時反應是發電郵到球場查詢是否如常開放, 並非涼薄, 畢竟他媽不是我媽, 查皇不是我皇。雖然有人祭奠女皇出於感懷身世, 借古諷今, 我總覺得有點那個, 因為皇權受到君主立憲下削弱實權, 實權歸國會及執政的政府, 女皇在位做得稱職的是履行皇室的責任, 在艱難時可凝聚國民團結, 在國策方面基本上影響有限, 不應過譽。以平民化的講法, 英女皇只是公關高手。

查皇不是我皇, 出自我口毫無問題, 不會推出午門手起刀落, 可是, 在不同環境下, 命運並不一樣。今天看到Legal Cheek這一篇, 總算開了眼界:

Garden Court barrister threatened with arrest if he wrote ‘not my King’ on blank sheet of paper    

A barrister who held up a blank piece of paper at Parliament Square in London claims he was told he risked being arrested if he wrote “not my king” on it.

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警察首長立即出來解話:

The Metropolitan Police’s deputy assistant commissioner Stuart Cundy said on Monday:

“We’re aware of a video online showing an officer speaking with a member of the public outside the Palace of Westminster earlier today. The public absolutely have a right to protest and we have been making this clear to all officers involved in the extraordinary policing operation currently in place and we will continue to do so. However, the overwhelming majority of interactions between officers and the public at this time have been positive as people have come to the Capital to mourn the loss of Her Late Majesty the Queen.”

說得頭頭是道, 卻與事實不符。

Man arrested after shouting at Prince Andrew during procession on Edinburgh's Royal Mile to St Giles' Cathedral

這是3天前的新聞, 不止拘捕一人, 而是幾個。

Police in Edinburgh have arrested a man who heckled Prince Andrew as he walked behind the Queen's coffin during a solemn procession on the city's Royal Mile.

Eyewitness footage showed the man shouting: "Andrew, you're a sick old man".

It came as the prince, King Charles III, Prince Edward and Princess Anne walked behind their mother's coffin on the way to the city's St Giles' Cathedral.

Bystanders started chanting "God save the King" to drown out the heckling.
The man, who appeared to be wearing the shirt of A-League club Melbourne City, was wrestled to the ground by other spectators and led away by a police officer.

他犯了甚麼法? 把他推倒在地上的人明顯犯了Common Assault, 除非英國佬也抄襲了尋釁滋事罪, 否則屬於非法拘捕。皇室都把Andrew的公職褫奪了, 奔喪示眾都不能穿上軍服. 正正因為他是sick old man, 罵他也犯皇法? 只有慣於下跪叩頭謝恩的豬才會貼貼服服地等待施與吃餿, 感到天威浩蕩, 膝蓋就立即騷軟了。

ABC的報導還舉了幾宗其他的例子:

A 22-year-old woman, who had been pictured holding an anti-monarchy sign, was arrested and charged with breaching the peace on Sunday.

In a separate incident, a 74-year-old man was arrested on Sunday, according to Reuters.

Thames Police on Monday said that a 45-year-old man had been arrested after a disturbance at Oxford's county proclamation ceremony of King Charles.

Media reported he had shouted "who elected him?" as the proclamation was read out.

季世皇朝的末落有跡可尋, 女皇風光大葬後, 下一個走向共和的國家大概會是澳洲了。

皇朝末落, 皇室搞地產卻賺個滿堂紅。Sydney Morning Herald兩天前轉載了The New York Times這一篇:

How Charles transformed his royal estate into a billion-dollar portfolio

皇室坐擁百億地產, 還未計算個人財富。普天之下, 莫非「皇」土, 雖然16世紀Oliver Cromwell處決了Charles I弒君之事不會再發生, 隨着世代更替, 女皇崩後, 皇室已走向滅亡。