Colin Firth: monarchy is 'a problem' for me

The Oscar-winning star of The King's Speech discusses his thoughts about the British monarchy.

http://www.republic.org.uk/

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• Colin Firth
• Piers Morgan
• King's Speech
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• Royal Wedding
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• Britain
• Commonwealth
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• Prince Charles
• Prince William
• Kate Middleton

[bette1908]

He certainly didn't mind accepting a CBE from the Queen.

[popandlockify]

"I really like voting". Me too, but unfortunately we don't get that choice. We have so many outdated systems and institutions in this country. It really is about time we had major reforms.

[mak34237]

@popandlockify If your referring to monarchy your mistaken, Democracy is actually older than monarchy, remember Rome was a republic before an empire, as were city states in ancient Greece, and in the Mid East thousands of years ago. The Monarch fulfills her role splendidly and she has never shirked her duties and always strives to do more for us, that is more than I can say about most politicians. If it isn't broke don't fix it and that pertains to our goverment and head of state!

[phantomsuccour]

God Save the Queen.

[joesoap81]

Holy Fuck the man in the hat looks like Rupert Murdochs brother.

[mrlopez2681]

@popandlockify - be glads the UK has the system it does. The American system may not be out dated, but its ridiculous, not in theory, but certainly in practice. The president, elected though he may be, is nothing but a person who divides everyone. Having a non political hereditary head of state is, on the surface, ridiculous in theory, but in practice it works beautifully.

[bobzilla211]

@Hamilton7776 republicanism in the UK isn't necessarily about left wing vs right wing, even though most who support it tend to lean leftwards. its about living as a citizen or a subject, and personally i believe our society is unfair enough without it still being hugely influenced by a small group of otherwise ordinary people who are lucky enough to be born into publicly funded lives of wealth, luxury and power.

[bobzilla211]

@Hamilton7776 its not just chelsea barracks - he is well known for his hatred of modern architecture. secondly, there are mechanisms to object to this sort of thing in britain that don't involve royal intervention, and they are also present in real democracies. protests, petitions, etc. but in any case, every time you make this argument you are essentially arguing in favour of benign tyranny. i have nothing much against the royals as people, but they have their power from an accident of birth.

[Hamilton7776]

@bobzilla211 The point is that they had no voice and it was there lives that was being affected. Its not democratic to be forcefully removed from your home because a greedy architect wants you to be. and Prince Charles did nothing more than to ask the sponsor if he knew what was being done in his name. The architect was lying and got caught out.

[Hamilton7776]

@bobzilla211 and yes he does have a direct line and its just as well since the Lobby groups where not about to stand up for the villagers who where about to lose there homes. But he did. and the Labor Backbencher who represented those villagers was glad he did.

[Hamilton7776]

@bobzilla211 Cameron didn't get a job because of a Phone Call from the palace. if he did revel your source. Labor and left Wing monarchists: Ben Pimlot, Neil Kinnock, John Smith, Tony Blair, Limpic Opik, Andrew Marr, - Writer Simon Schema, and Ed Milliband, who, according to your logic must be a Raving Monarchist since his first Government position was as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster