Quote Originally Posted by Burney View Post
blackmail Her Majesty into acceding to their irresponsible, vulgar demands.

In better times, they'd have been drowned in butts of wine, locked in a dungeon to starve to death or pressed between boards and dispatched with red-hot pokers for such impudence. At the very least we'd have had a proper civil war between the different Houses resulting in various bloody and cathartic pitched battles.

Honestly, the place has gone to the dogs.
The whole thing appears to be an absolute tragedy.

One can only feel sympathy for all those involved. The pain of coping with such conflicting emotions must be dreadful.

Let us hope that everyone finds an amenable solution.