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Re:The Queen has more power over British law than we thought by lmm on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @09:46PM (#26085240)
> What exactly is the justification for having those tasks, if they're deemed necessary, executed by some hereditary, secretive, uber-wealthy family rather than by someone who is actually a civil servant?

The easiest ways to corrupt someone are offering them wealth, opportunities for their children, or a popular reputation; the royals are relatively immune to all of those.

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Re:The Queen has more power over British law than we thought by akiselev on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @02:40AM (#26086534)
> offering them wealth, opportunities for their children, or a popular reputation

The government literally pays them and promotes them as a symbol of the nation - how is that not offering them "wealth, opportunities for their children, or a popular reputation"?

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Re:The Queen has more power over British law than we thought by lmm on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @07:47AM (#26088392)
The point is that they have those things already, so it's harder for a would-be corrupter to tempt them that way.
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