tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post6347591327411589512..comments2024-03-16T01:00:19.876-05:00Comments on The Mad Monarchist: Monarchs Struggle for RestorationMadMonarchisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-38459609559304122532010-11-28T09:29:03.753-06:002010-11-28T09:29:03.753-06:00The personalities in the list you gave were striki...The personalities in the list you gave were striking contrast to some people like Sao Shwe Thaike, the Prince of Yawnghwe, who took office as the first President of the Union of Burma.Dennis Gabil Mominhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13456942388368726350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-34954925286006756902009-04-19T01:33:00.000-05:002009-04-19T01:33:00.000-05:00It was the Kaiser who said "monarchy is like virgi...It was the Kaiser who said "monarchy is like virginity, once you lose it you can never get it back". I think he was resigned to a life in exile but he never totally gave up hope, even if just a glimmer. When the Kronprinz thought about running for President he threatened to disown him as that would mean taking an oath to the republic.<br /><br />Kaiser Bill was, I'll just say, a "character" and I think he was once offered the chance to come home but, he felt he was the rightful, lawful Kaiser and he refused to come back under any terms except to come back to rule as the Kaiser. Stepping aside for the younger generation would have been asking too much for someone of his mentality.<br /><br />By the time a real opportunity for restoration came it was after the Kaiser was long dead and no one was willing to advocate for Louis. The only talk of a post-WW2 restoration still shunned the Hohenzollerns and came to nothing anyway being dominated by the Soviets in so many ways.MadMonarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-51151123227766234592009-04-18T21:08:00.000-05:002009-04-18T21:08:00.000-05:00I appreciate your list of Monarchs who refused to ...I appreciate your list of Monarchs who refused to accept the republican regimes that followed their reign.<br /><br />However, in the case of Kaiser Wilhelm II I must confess that I think it would have been actually better, had he resigned himself to a life in exile. The Kaiser was too much connected with the German defeat in WW I. His grandson Prince Louis Ferdinand (1907-1994) was much better positioned to assume the role of Germany's Monarch, but his exiled grandfather did not allow him play any active political role. <br /><br />Only after the Kaiser's death in 1941 could Prince Louis Ferdinand become part of the German resistance movement against Hitler and in doing so he sidelined his own father, Crown Prince Wilhelm.<br /><br />Prince Louis Ferdinand never abdicated and maintained his claims until his death in 1994.<br />Here's a short YouTube clip, in which Prince Louis Ferdinand proclaims his readiness to become German Emperor: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooawjyg2HBUradical royalisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00438964016034979338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-1281083868068032372009-04-18T19:18:00.000-05:002009-04-18T19:18:00.000-05:00Well, it's good to see these monarchs fighting bac...Well, it's good to see these monarchs fighting back...thanks.Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18230268418171628594noreply@blogger.com