tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881811987987045711.post4476971921023944119..comments2024-03-23T18:12:43.833+00:00Comments on Once I Was A Clever Boy: Prayer for the King of FranceOnce I Was A Clever Boyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01367322665145704342noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881811987987045711.post-5863426065646366482017-03-05T04:07:00.309+00:002017-03-05T04:07:00.309+00:00I've never quite understood the Orleanist clai...I've never quite understood the Orleanist claim.<br /><br />I mean, the whole point of Orleanism is that the monarch is "constitutional," basically, and can be changed by an act of government rather than by strict succession.<br /><br />But that raises the question: if the monarch is ultimately determined "constitutionally" rather than by strict succession, why should France choose the Orleanist successor if it is, in fact, a "choice" that way?<br /><br />Under the Orleanists' own principles, aren't "the French" (Louis Phillipe was King of the French, not King of France, remember) free to choose *anyone* ultimately?<br /><br />And mightn't it make more sense then, for the sake of reconciliation, exactly to *choose constitutionally* the Legitimist claimant, thereby reconciling both principles and both parties?Jelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01607822575954711599noreply@blogger.com