Re: Do monarchs serve?

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From: John Hines
Date: Sun, 08 May 2005 18:33

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"Fabrikant" <benny_patrick7@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Media refers to prince Reinier as "the longest serving monarch" in
>Europe.  Since when monarchs are "serving"?  And serving who?

Their subjects:

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fealty for more information.

>To the
>best of my recollection, monarchs were always "ruling".

You need to learn some history, and not just events and dates.

Monarchs serve their loyal subjects, rulers rule their dominated
subjects. 

And a single individual can move from one category to another, usually
from monarch to tyrant ruler.

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