Banking and Royalty

Before I begin... I must stress that I am neither a republican, nor a monarchist.

The professions of banking and royalty have much in common (I know that you will not probably view being a royal as a profession, but if you do something for money then it is a paid occupation).

On the one hand, both are viewed as being out of touch, aloof, arrogant and take off you what you can't really afford. On the other, they provide a valuable service to the economy and generally create more benefit that the cost thereof.

However, what really drives their commonality is when things go wrong: When they act as playboys and think that they are above the law, then they create massive resentment. At the moment bankers are held in the lowest regard for reasons that we are all aware of and they have forgotten that it is the taxpayer/ common man that ultimately funds them.

Go back a few years and we remember Prince Charles lording it over us, in much the way bankers have now. It appears that the Queen has a long memory in this regard and it could be why she does not appear to want to hand the crown over.

Bankers thus need to get their house in order, because people have long memories. It used to be a noble profession that is now tainted; heed the lessons that royalty have learnt in the 20th and 21st centuries.