<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I figure out the problem - they used the wrong term in Shirin and Marina's 
> description - one uses Princess
> and one uses Queen. I would assume Marina's one should be the one to trust 
> because it specificly said it's
> first princess - first queen doesn't seem to make as much sense.

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.

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.

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.

-- 
Dr. Core
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