The tretcherous Spaniards murdered the last one. It would be excellent to appoint another - huge Coronation.....

Definitely put DR on the map.....

Every so often the children of the UK re-enact the coronation of QE2.

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I believe there was a ballet or Opera celebrating Anacaona....
http://themergepoint.com/dominicanfestival/anacaona.html

The murder of the last queen....... in Santo Domingo.

Las Casas on Anacaona
Bartolomé de las Casas, (1484 - 1566), a Spanish Dominican priest gave this account of the Spaniards murder of the Taîno queen:



"Xaraqua is the Fourth Kingdom, and as it were the Centre and Middle of the whole Island, and is not to be equalled for fluency of Speech and politeness of Idiom or Dialect by any Inhabitants of the other Kingdoms, and in Policy and Morality transcends them all. Herein the Lords and Peers abounded, and the very Populace excelled in in stature and habit of Body: Their King was Behechio by name and who had a Sister called Anacaona, and both the Brother as well as Sister had loaded the Spaniards with Benefits and singular acts of Civility, and by delivering them from the evident and apparent danger of Death, did signal services to the Castilian Kings. Behechio dying the supreme power of the Kingdom fell to Anacaona: But it hapned one day, that the Governour of an Island [Nicolas de Ovando], attended by 60 Horse, and 30 Foot (now the Cavalry was sufficiently able to unpeople not only the Isle, but also the whole Continent) he summoned about 300 Dynasta's, or Noblemen to appear before him, and commanded the most powerful of them, being first crouded into a Thatcht Barn or Hovel, to be exposed to the fury of the merciless Fire, and the rest to be pierced with Lances, and run through with the point of the Sword, by a multitude of Men: And Anacaona, her self who (as we said before,) sway'd the Imperial Scepter, to her greater honor was hanged on a Gibbet. And if it fell out that any person instigated by Compassion or Covetousness, did entertain any Indian Boys and mount them on Horses, to prevent their Murder, another was appointed to follow them, who ran them through the back or in the hinder parts, and if they chanced to escape Death, and fall to the ground, they immediately cut off his Legs; and when any of those Indians, that survived these Barbarous Massacres, betook themselves to an Isle eight miles distant, to escape their Butcheries, they were then committed to servitude during Life." (Las Casas)

http://thelouvertureproject.org/index.php?title=Anacaona

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Abc, for starter ... the Constitution of Dom. Rep. forbid Royal Titles
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A queen is not the source of national pride anymore...........

She became a symbol of resistance to oppression and of national cultural pride.

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Abc, I was not referring to her (Anacaona) but to your diluted Idea
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Long Live the Republic!

Well that's nice..................................

I can't believe we are actually discussing the need for a King and Queen,
with already 2 pages of posts..............Oy vey ................

Many countries of the World recognize a Queen or King. Why not DR?

S.

Oh come on, are you for real ?

Monarchies are on a decline.............

They serve no real purpose and will eventually become outdated and fade away. They are a financial burden to its respective nations. Already England has had to cut down the yearly budget for the Royal family and will likely continue to little by little phase them out until they no longer can survive as dependent on the state. They will all have to get jobs and pay their way. Like everybody else.

We might not see it in our lifetime, but that final outcome is inevitable.