The fuss over the royal family?

[hkjrb623]

Call it "passed down opinions", ignorance, or just plain being American, but I really don't get what all the fuss is about concerning the royal family on this site. Sure, I get that they wear kilts on occasion. But some of the same members I see go on and on about what it is to be a Scot, go on and on about the Queen. Last I checked they are of the Hanoverian line, which is German. I'll admit that I come from a family of "lower class" and soldiers, so that could constitute some of my feelings being passed on through family accounts. The rest comes from education and study of history. I'm not trying to start any kind of political debate. I just don't understand why the large backing from people who have been historically repressed by them. Just seems really odd to me.

If you respond please be as kind and neutral in your wording as possible. I don't want this to be one of the threads in the cooling off corner.