Growing up, it was very clear that I was a member of a royal family with a potential function later on. The question was: when and how and if?
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The Royal Family have always had an interest in a number of different areas of society. We are a part of society.
In the past, people were born royal. Nowadays, royalty comes from what you do.
There are heads of royal families who control hereditary fortunes that defy comprehension.
If you look back 600 years ago, royals' sole goal was to keep their wealth within the family.
The Royal family have always been great philanthropists.
What royal families are very good at doing is surviving and reinventing themselves. That's true whether it's a constitutional monarchy in Britain or an authoritarian monarchy.
My father established the first women's university in the kingdom, abolished slavery, and tried to establish a constitutional monarchy that separates the position of king from that of prime minister.
The senior members of the royal family work very hard and I don't think people quite realise that.
I began life as an absolute monarchist - on condition, of course, that I be that monarch.
We were descended from royalty.
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