<![CDATA[Often enough I see an article about UK politics, and after getting over how it is basically 'The Thick of It', I spot some oddity, such as how the second most powerful UK government cabinet post is... a property manager for the reigning British monarch.]]>Often enough I see an article about UK politics, and after getting over how it is basically 'The Thick of It', I spot some oddity, such as how the second most powerful UK government cabinet post is... a property manager for the reigning British monarch. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chancellor_of_the_Duchy_of_Lancaster

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/2ee33671-e269-4836-b571-6ebeb769f9e7/often-enough-i-see-an-article-about-uk-politics-and-after-getting-over-how-it-is-basically-the-thick-of-it-i-spot-some-oddity-such-as-how-the-second-most-powerful-uk-government-cabinet-post-is...-a-property-manager-for-the-reigning-british-monarch.RSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 06:32:02 GMTTue, 12 May 2026 10:08:45 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Often enough I see an article about UK politics, and after getting over how it is basically 'The Thick of It', I spot some oddity, such as how the second most powerful UK government cabinet post is... a property manager for the reigning British monarch. on Tue, 12 May 2026 10:35:07 GMT]]>@ronanmcd It’s sort of unsurprising that a democracy (even if notionally) which has so many moving parts, some vestigial, runs into so much trouble.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/kevinteljeur/statuses/116561156970768575https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/kevinteljeur/statuses/116561156970768575Tue, 12 May 2026 10:35:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Often enough I see an article about UK politics, and after getting over how it is basically 'The Thick of It', I spot some oddity, such as how the second most powerful UK government cabinet post is... a property manager for the reigning British monarch. on Tue, 12 May 2026 10:20:54 GMT]]>@kevinteljeur I'm reading a history of the Plantagents. Several lineages have held the Lancaster title. As far as I can tell they all seem to have gotten really wealthy, then started civil wars. That's before the House of Lancaster and Wars of the Roses.

And that crest has the Fleur de Lys because King Edward decided he was the king of France.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.green/users/ronanmcd/statuses/116561101106413445https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.green/users/ronanmcd/statuses/116561101106413445Tue, 12 May 2026 10:20:54 GMT