nellebelle

I suppose this sort of ties in with today's geography lesson <g>.

Jackie asked me if there are still countries with kings and queens. I said
I know that England has a queen and a prince, and I thought there were
others, but was not sure about the details.

I tried to look via google, but must not be using the right terms. Is there
a list somewhere of current kings and queens?

Mary Ellen

kazitetalibuse

>
> I suppose this sort of ties in with today's geography lesson <g>.
>
> Jackie asked me if there are still countries with kings and queens.
I said
> I know that England has a queen and a prince, and I thought there were
> others, but was not sure about the details.
>
I don't know about a list. But just the other day we watched a
National Geographic DVD about royalty (may be search that term)of
three kingdoms (Britain, African country and an island someplace -- I
haven't retained much from that geography lesson :) ).
Renata

nellebelle

Thank you! "Royalty" led me to this site
http://www.royalty.nu/FAQs.html#monarchies which has a list of
Which countries still have monarchies today?
Bahrain, Belgium, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, Denmark, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait,
Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Monaco, Morocco, Nepal, the
Netherlands (Holland), Norway, Oman, Qatar, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Spain,
Swaziland, Sweden, Thailand, Tonga, the United Arab Emirates, and the United
Kingdom.

Mary Ellen

Robin Bentley

Try http://www.royalty.nu/ or
http://worldroots.com/brigitte/royal/royal00.htm



I googled "royalty of the world". I wasn't sure what I would come up with!



Robin B.



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I suppose this sort of ties in with today's geography lesson <g>.

Jackie asked me if there are still countries with kings and queens. I said
I know that England has a queen and a prince, and I thought there were
others, but was not sure about the details.

I tried to look via google, but must not be using the right terms. Is there

a list somewhere of current kings and queens?

Mary Ellen






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Cally Brown

Holland? Denmark?

>Jackie asked me if there are still countries with kings and queens. I said
>I know that England has a queen and a prince, and I thought there were
>others, but was not sure about the details.
>

Helen Cain

Interesting. Australia isn't listed. We are a constitutional
monarchy, but our queen lives in England.. We have a Governor-General
to represent her here. His (so far they have all been men) role is
almost entirely ceremonial.

I assume the same is still true for New Zealand, also not listed, and
probably some other parts of the "Commonwealth of Nations", formerly
known as the British Empire.

Yes, wikipedia says Queen Elizabeth is head of sixteen nations,or
"Commonwealth Realms", including, of course, Canada. Presumably none
of those are listed below. It seems that the Queen is only called the
"Queen of Australia" when she is actually in Australia, ditto for
Canada and I guess all the other "realms", according to wikipedia.

We are being drowned in "Commonwealth Fervour" here, as the
Commonwealth games are being held in Melbourne and start next week. I
guess that in the US they haven't rated a mention?

Cheers
Helen


At 11:19 AM 3/10/06, nellebelle wrote:

>Thank you! "Royalty" led me to this site
>http://www.royalty.nu/FAQs.html#monarchies which has a list of
>Which countries still have monarchies today?
>Bahrain, Belgium, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, Denmark, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait,
>Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Monaco, Morocco, Nepal, the
>Netherlands (Holland), Norway, Oman, Qatar, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Spain,
>Swaziland, Sweden, Thailand, Tonga, the United Arab Emirates, and the United
>Kingdom.
>
>Mary Ellen
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s.waynforth

They are on BBC2 all next week, or BBC1--I can't remember which. Big ads.

Schuyler

Helen Cain wrote:
> Interesting. Australia isn't listed. We are a constitutional
> monarchy, but our queen lives in England.. We have a Governor-General
> to represent her here. His (so far they have all been men) role is
> almost entirely ceremonial.
>
> I assume the same is still true for New Zealand, also not listed, and
> probably some other parts of the "Commonwealth of Nations", formerly
> known as the British Empire.
>
> Yes, wikipedia says Queen Elizabeth is head of sixteen nations,or
> "Commonwealth Realms", including, of course, Canada. Presumably none
> of those are listed below. It seems that the Queen is only called the
> "Queen of Australia" when she is actually in Australia, ditto for
> Canada and I guess all the other "realms", according to wikipedia.
>
> We are being drowned in "Commonwealth Fervour" here, as the
> Commonwealth games are being held in Melbourne and start next week. I
> guess that in the US they haven't rated a mention?
>
> Cheers
> Helen
>
>
> At 11:19 AM 3/10/06, nellebelle wrote:
>
> >Thank you! "Royalty" led me to this site
> >http://www.royalty.nu/FAQs.html#monarchies which has a list of
> >Which countries still have monarchies today?
> >Bahrain, Belgium, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, Denmark, Japan, Jordan,
> Kuwait,
> >Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Monaco, Morocco, Nepal, the
> >Netherlands (Holland), Norway, Oman, Qatar, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Spain,
> >Swaziland, Sweden, Thailand, Tonga, the United Arab Emirates, and the
> United
> >Kingdom.
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> >Mary Ellen
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<<<<< Interesting. Australia isn't listed. We are a constitutional
monarchy, but our queen lives in England.. We have a Governor-General
to represent her here. His (so far they have all been men) role is
almost entirely ceremonial.>>>

Except in 1974 when the then Governor General dissolved the legally elected
government causing the ousted Prime Minister, Gough Whitlam to famously
declare: "Well may we say "God Save the Queen" because nothing will save the
Governor General". Bold words, but without fruition.

Robyn L. Coburn

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Donna Gillis

On 3/10/06, Helen Cain <hfcain@...> wrote:
>
> Interesting. Australia isn't listed. We are a constitutional
> monarchy, but our queen lives in England.. We have a Governor-General to
> represent her here. His (so far they have all been men) role is almost
> entirely ceremonial.
>
> Canada is the same, except we have had three female Governor Generals,
starting with Jeanne Sauve in 1984. Our current GG is Michaelle Jean.
http://www.gg.ca/gg/index_e.asp

If we could only do as well with our elected officials we would be doing all
right.

Donna


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> Canada is the same, except we have had three female Governor Generals,
starting with Jeanne Sauve in 1984. Our current GG is Michaelle Jean.
http://www.gg.ca/gg/index_e.asp

If we could only do as well with our elected officials we would be doing all
right.

**********



Indeed. I was listening to a former female member of the B.C. Legislature
saying that Canada is behind Rwanda in the percentage of elected females in
government. Yikes.



Robin B.



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jimpetersonl

Given that Rwandan male life expectancy is 38 (and down to 32 years
for males born in 1999), and girls aren't drafted into the militias . . .
:-( It's just sad that that's the reason.
~Sue


> Indeed. I was listening to a former female member of the B.C.
Legislature> saying that Canada is behind Rwanda in the percentage of
elected females in> government. Yikes.
>
> Robin B.

elainegh8

I've thought about this quite a bit. Purely in terms of unschooling,
and no other issues, I don't see how this would help. Women who choose
to go in to politics also choose to put their children in full time
childcare. I don't see how they could understand, or support, home
schooling never mind unschooling. It's a difficult one this. I think I
may also have overstepped the mark in posting this to the group? Is it
politics or is it about unschooling? I'm not sure. I'm sure Sandra
will tell me though <g>

BWs Elaine

> Indeed. I was listening to a former female member of the B.C.
Legislature> saying that Canada is behind Rwanda in the percentage of
elected females in> government. Yikes.> Robin B.

jimpetersonl

From a home/unschooling perspective, since north American women have a
very long life expectancy, there is plenty of time after the children
are grown to go into politics.

Being a politician isn't necessarily imcompatible with homeschooling.
For younger women in politics, there are their spouses. I don't think
unschooling is imcompatible with father as primary-care-giver and
mother as primary-wage-winner. And wouldn't it be interesting to have
female politicians championing more egalitarianism on that front?

~Sue

> I've thought about this quite a bit. Purely in terms of unschooling,
> and no other issues, I don't see how this would help. Women who choose
> to go in to politics also choose to put their children in full time
> childcare. I don't see how they could understand, or support, home
> schooling never mind unschooling. It's a difficult one this. I think
I > may also have overstepped the mark in posting this to the group?
Is it > politics or is it about unschooling? I'm not sure. I'm sure
Sandra > will tell me though <g>
>
> BWs Elaine
> S1023
> > Indeed. I was listening to a former female member of the B.C.
> Legislature> saying that Canada is behind Rwanda in the percentage of
> elected females in> government. Yikes.> Robin B.
>

elainegh8

And wouldn't it be interesting to have> female politicians
championing more egalitarianism on that front?
> ~Sue

Oh yeah. My partner and I share about 70/30 time with dd.

BWs Elaine

nellebelle

=-==-=-=-=-Purely in terms of unschooling,
and no other issues, I don't see how this would help. Women who choose
to go in to politics also choose to put their children in full time
childcare. I don't see how they could understand, or support, home
schooling never mind unschooling.=-=-=-=-=-=-

How can it hurt? Just as not all SAHM think ALL moms should stay home, not
all career women think ALL moms should have a career.

The more women get involved in politics, the more politicians will be aware
of family/child issues.

Besides, a woman could have a political career before or after childrearing
and still take time to be home with her own children. Many dads/partners
are opting to be the stay at home parent when the woman has the more
lucrative career and some couples are finding ways to share both wage
earning and childcare.

Mary Ellen

Sandra Dodd

On Mar 12, 2006, at 5:35 PM, nellebelle wrote:

> How can it hurt? Just as not all SAHM think ALL moms should stay
> home, not
> all career women think ALL moms should have a career.

Right.
And LOTS of women are not moms, by choice or by circumstance.
And some moms and their kids find that school+cash is better than
homeschooling minus cash, by choice or circumstance.

Sandra