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> Yes, I noticed the same discrepancy. But even that's not the point. > The heads of many sovereign nations are below the rank of Kings and > Emperors. The Duchy of Luxemburg is ruled by a Duke. The > Principality of Monaco is ruled by a Prince. Abu Dhabi is ruled by an > Emir (approximately a Prince). And of course the famous example of > Duchy of Zeon. Yes, but the problem is they listed her title as "First Princess", and from what I understand of the language, you don't specify that unless they are other princess, queen or what not in there, and I doubt the country are ruled by committee with all the princes/princesses, so I think it make more sense for a king/queen to be above her. > > The fact that they are not Kings and Queens doesn't mean they are not > the supreme sovereign ruler of their land. There's no hint that > Marina has another royal person above her head. See above - the first in front of her title strongly suggest there is another person at least above her head. > > Anyway you agree that neither her royal status nor the sorry situation > of her nation is getting her the suitable respect. By golly, even her > bodyguards don't treat her with much deference. I can't remember the > lines when they pack her into the limo (just prior to Setsuna > encounter), did anyone say "Your Highness"? I am almost certain > Shirin doesn't prefix every sentence with Your Highness. Not even her > servants take the title with faux seriousness. I think that if you take into account that she is just one of the princesses the kingdom has, then it make all the sense - she is basically the only one they can send out, because she really doesn't have any power, or otherwise she need to stay in the country to help stabilize it - they are still fighting all over that place. It then make sense for them to send her instead of the king/queen because they need to stay, or the country would be gone. People don't really respect her because she is just one of the princesses. Then it also make sense why Shirin is helping Marina - if she can become the ruler, then Shirin would be one of the major advisors, something she cannot be currently due to the political structure. Guess I am just confused as to why you would guess she is the queen, because almost everything they show in the anime suggest otherwise. Maybe it's because I watched Code Geass and I can see her and Yufie has way too many similiarities. -------------------------------------------------- The Gundam Mailing List MK-II [email protected] Archives: http://www.gundam.com/gml Help: Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with this in the BODY: help list
