The John-Henry Westen Show - September 08, 2022


Princess Gloria reacts to the death of Queen Elizabeth II


Summary

In this episode, Princess Gloria von Thurnan-Taxas offers her thoughts on the death of Queen Elizabeth II, and the future of the monarchy in England. She is a German royal who grew up in England and was a close relative of the Queen.


Transcript

00:00:00.000 England having the Commonwealth responsibilities, we are all in a deep crisis right now.
00:00:06.220 And we are all heavily praying that we are not going to have to end in a war.
00:00:15.740 I'm sure by now everyone has heard that Queen Elizabeth II has passed away after her 70-year reign.
00:00:23.860 Unbelievable.
00:00:24.780 We thought it would be interesting for you to hear from another royal on the subject.
00:00:29.840 Not so much a royal in England, but a royal known to all of you.
00:00:34.500 I'm talking about Princess Gloria von Thurnan-Taxas, the German princess whose dynasty of Thurnan-Taxas is still existing today.
00:00:46.160 Her son, Prince Albert, being the heir.
00:00:49.120 And we wanted to take her thoughts, opinion on what's going on on the death of the Queen, as well as the future of the monarchy and of England.
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00:01:40.480 Let's begin, as we always do, with the sign of the cross.
00:01:43.500 In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost.
00:01:48.460 Amen.
00:01:50.140 Princess Gloria, so good to be with you again.
00:01:52.500 Thank you for coming on.
00:01:54.040 Thank you very much for inviting me.
00:01:56.340 So we're here on a sad occasion on the passing of Queen Elizabeth II.
00:02:01.400 And while I know we're praying for her soul, I wanted to get your take, first of all, on the Queen.
00:02:09.260 Any personal knowledge you may have of her?
00:02:11.580 Of course, the Queen of England is a dear person to me.
00:02:15.440 I haven't known her personally, but I grew up with her because of her 70 years of reign.
00:02:20.960 And so she's very, very present to me.
00:02:25.060 Of course, she's the head of the Church of England, which is a Christian denomination, but she's not a Catholic.
00:02:31.040 We are not related.
00:02:32.940 My brother is married to her niece.
00:02:35.840 So, of course, we heard from the niece many times firsthand information, but we have a lot of sympathy for the Queen of England.
00:02:45.680 Because don't forget, the Queen of England is half German, and she was married to a German prince.
00:02:51.560 So also part of the, in some ways, part of the British crown.
00:02:57.760 Queen Elizabeth has had, first of all, one of the lengthiest reigns ever in the monarchy.
00:03:04.180 And at this juncture, you know, with England not knowing where it's going to go, the monarchy itself is in question.
00:03:11.800 I'd love to hear your take on the monarchy, not only in England, but in terms of the whole world.
00:03:18.060 Where are we at with monarchies, and where do you think we're going?
00:03:21.640 I think the monarchy in England is going to stay.
00:03:24.460 It is a sign of continuity.
00:03:27.540 Now we have King Charles, and then we have King William.
00:03:31.060 That's the great advantage of monarchies, that they represent continuity.
00:03:37.040 And so that's a very, very important thing, especially nowadays where things change so rapidly.
00:03:45.020 A monarchy is a garant for continuity.
00:03:48.580 We've had a lot of things happen under the reign of Queen Elizabeth.
00:03:52.180 She went basically all through from a more traditional society to a society that has rebelled against life, family, faith, culture.
00:04:01.500 Basically, it's lost on almost every frontier.
00:04:06.140 But the monarchy has had to sort of go along with that.
00:04:10.720 But there are other monarchs who chose not to.
00:04:14.520 I'd love to hear your take on that.
00:04:15.880 If you are a very holy person and you take the Christian faith personally and seriously, you can consider.
00:04:25.220 But I think this was not for the Queen of England.
00:04:30.220 The Queen of England thought the monarchy has to stay whatever it costs, whatever it takes.
00:04:36.540 And also don't forget that the Episcopals or the Church of England, they are much more liberal than we are.
00:04:43.820 The Catholic faith is much more thorough and much more strict, especially when it comes to life.
00:04:51.820 And we can also see, if we look at the foundation of the John Paul II Foundation of Life,
00:05:00.220 they are also trying to change things around.
00:05:02.440 So we have attacks on all fronts.
00:05:06.420 Queen Elizabeth and the English are much more liberal than we are.
00:05:10.040 We have to accept that.
00:05:12.200 This is a reality.
00:05:13.960 You come from a royal family and are in sort of royals in Germany, but not in the same way.
00:05:22.200 There is a sort of faction, if you will, or group of traditionalists who really do believe a monarchy would even be superior to the kind of democracy sometimes we have in the West that basically has led us down a path of unbelievable attacks on basically all of culture.
00:05:45.220 It seems to have destroyed culture.
00:05:47.800 What's your take on that?
00:05:48.840 The monarchy is the most natural society structure, and we can also see it in animal life.
00:05:56.180 Look at the wasps, the bees, the hornets, many, many animal population, the lions.
00:06:02.480 They have a very hierarchical organization.
00:06:08.920 It is not a very bad form.
00:06:10.820 We have abandoned this form since about, I would say, 150 to 200 years.
00:06:17.540 But it is not said that it is not coming back in the future, especially because of its continuity.
00:06:22.860 And we can see in China, for example, the president has chosen to be a president for all his life.
00:06:31.500 So you see, this is almost like a monarchy.
00:06:34.380 And a monarchy, of course, is when you inherit the throne or when the elite will vote for a new king.
00:06:42.620 But I mean, all these things can come back because the kingdom has been for thousands of years, thousand years, and now it's not.
00:06:51.040 But it's never said that it's not going to come back.
00:06:53.940 One of the scary things, and I think we'll end with this question.
00:06:57.160 It is very concerning from this perspective.
00:07:01.340 When you talk about the elites selecting a monarch or a leader, that very much sounds like what we're looking at right now with regard to not a national sovereignty, but an international sovereignty.
00:07:16.720 I'd like you to, if you could, make for us that distinction, because a lot of people right now could foresee, you know, elites of the world coming together and selecting a kind of one world leader.
00:07:30.440 But I don't think that's the kind of monarchy you're speaking about.
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00:08:01.580 Absolutely not.
00:08:02.560 I am very much for national monarchy or national leader of any sorts, because I think that people need to have their family and their roots in order to preserve their identity.
00:08:17.120 I know that there is a goal of a lot of ideologists who think in the one world government, but this is not very practical, because it's against the nation.
00:08:30.560 People are structured in tribes, and one has to respect that, because it is stronger.
00:08:39.300 You can see it if you go to very mixed populations or very mixed societies.
00:08:44.480 For example, New York City or any city in Canada, the Chinese will live with the Chinese.
00:08:50.300 The Italians will live with the Italians.
00:08:52.300 The Africans, even the Africans separate very strongly.
00:08:56.240 The East Africans, the West Africans, the South Africans, the Arab society.
00:09:01.720 Everybody looks to find their relations, their relatives.
00:09:06.600 So even if we all live in one city, that's very much possible.
00:09:10.820 But there is a tendency that you like to go to live and spend time around the people of your own culture.
00:09:19.900 And that's just natural.
00:09:21.420 You cannot forbid that.
00:09:22.740 I mean, I like also all kinds of nations, and I feel very well.
00:09:29.520 I speak seven languages, and I love the different cultures.
00:09:33.640 But I think it has to be a natural thing, and people have to be able to choose for themselves
00:09:39.180 and not be forced by any government authorities.
00:09:43.000 And what would your final thoughts be with regard to Queen Elizabeth, with regard to the monarchy,
00:09:47.800 with regard to where England might go in the future?
00:09:52.220 Well, it depends very much on where we all go, because, of course, you cannot look at England separately,
00:09:58.500 because England being a part of Europe, England having the Commonwealth responsibilities,
00:10:06.040 we are all in a deep crisis right now.
00:10:09.140 And we are all heavily praying that we are not going to have to end in a war.
00:10:16.640 So my first thoughts are that maybe Queen Elizabeth can, now that she goes to heaven,
00:10:23.900 we hope for her to go to heaven, that she can pray at the throne of our Lord, the Creator, God,
00:10:30.720 that she can pray for peace in the world, because she has seen in what a volatile situation the world is.
00:10:38.280 And I'm sure she's a peace lover.
00:10:39.960 She's seen World War II, the aftermath of World War II.
00:10:44.240 So she knows what many generations now don't know anymore, what misery really is.
00:10:50.280 The Queen has lived misery.
00:10:51.680 And therefore, my hope is that she now, that she is at the throne, and with Our Lady, all the angels and saints,
00:11:00.020 that she will put in a good world, so that the crisis and the world horrors will end,
00:11:06.220 and that we come back to a peaceful living together, like we had only 10 years ago.
00:11:12.800 Amazing. Well, Princess Gloria, thank you so much for being with us, and God bless you.
00:11:17.740 God bless you, John Henry, and thank you very much for your invitation,
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