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Spider Jerusalem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-11 08:09 AM
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1. Kind of like being Grand Duke of Ruritania or something, ain't it?
Having a royal title for somewhere that's no longer a monarchy is pretty useless; most of these royals' home countries have no desire to have the monarchy back, nor do they want these royals back because they don't want any visible symbol to serve as a focus for a monarchist political movement. So they live in exile...where? The US, of course, and DC makes sense because the State Department probably wants to keep an eye on them, and their presence could be useful in diplomatic relations.
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