[LMB] About Gregor

[Peter Granzeau]

At 04:13 PM 4/17/2008, quietann wrote:
>On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 3:46 PM, Francis Turner <francis.turner at gmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>>
>> >  I don't think he'd want to inflict it on his child any sooner than
>> >  necessary, either.  He doesn't seem to enjoy it much himself, after
>>  all.
>> >
>> >  Mary
>> >
>>
>> I think he might abdicate when his heir is mature and (one assumes)
>> reasonably tested in competence in other posts. That might be say 25-30
>> years after DI I guess.
>>
>
>If his heir is well-balanced, trustworthy, and eager to take the job, I
>could see Gregor giving it over to him.
>
>I also think Gregor sticks with it not only because of duty but because he
>is surrounded by supportive peers, like Miles, Ivan, Duv, Laisa, Ekaterin...

Here and now, there is but one single tradition of a monarch who abdicates into retirement:  queens of the Netherlands have done so (Wilhelmina and Juliana, anyway--we don't yet know how Beatrix feels about it).  I don't believe any other monarch has ever gone into retirement, although there have of course been monarchs forced to leave (Leopold III of Belgium, for instance).

None of that means a thing in Barrayar, of course.


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Regards, Pete
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