Royal Families – I’ll quickly out myself as an anti-monarchist. There you go, my bias is on the table and it’s not going anywhere. Despite the fact that most royal families are little more than ceremonial pieces, they still live absurdly lavish lifestyles and cost an offensive amount of money.
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These figureheads are basically slightly less talented Kardashians. At least Kim and her sisters look good and lead controversial, entertaining lives. Royalty is one step below this and generally oversee pointless ceremonies in honor of a particularly manipulative and irrational form of governance. In essence, countries that still have a monarch are
Royal families are, at least ideally supposed to be the epitome of class and represent the spirit of their people. They don’t, because all they do is exist and have their pictures taken, but for those still willing to drink that style of metaphorical Kool-Aid, they’re still a treasured part of citizenship in some countries. Despite the fact that they are supposed to at least pretend to be remotely “good” people, here are fifteen times royal family members have been disgraces to their lineages and countries.
15. Juan Carlos of Spain – Hunting/Shooting Scandals
Things aren’t so great in Europe right now, and in Spain, back in 2012, things were particularly rough, with vast unemployment and austerity being the word of the day. King Juan Carlos took an expensive trip to Botswana in which he shot at least one elephant. The pictures of this event set off outrage among animal lovers but also Spaniards in general who were furious about the king taking an expensive hunting trip on tax dollars while the people scrounged for table scraps. Juan Carlos shot and killed his brother in a shooting accident decades ago, and around the same time as this trip, his grandson shot himself in the foot with a shotgun. This whole royal family can’t handle their weapons. When you’re a king, all you have to do is not piss off your citizens and there is more than enough time to learn to handle firearms. This is an embarrassment. There’s nothing wrong with hunting, but while your citizens are starving and broke, it may be best not to rub salt in the wound.
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