Good or bad - it's more complex than that. Kings, queens, dukes, earls, lords, ladies and the whole unelected, parasitic tribe should be repugnant to any freedom-loving democrat. But back in 1745, Charles Stuart was only the slightly more worse of two evils, the second being a parliament in London that was "elected" by a tiny fraction of the population, consisting of dukes, earls, etc. and their flunkies. As late as 1830, in Hawick, for example, there were still only three voters out of a population of 5,000 people. So we can't get misty-eyed over the "mother of parliaments" - that's just propagandist rot. The working class was more brutally oppresssed under a parliamentry system (which simply tended to spread regal powers over the next layer of aristocratic thieves and the rich merchant class, as far as I can see.) So, just like 255 years later, it was really Tweedledum or Tweedledee, except there was no Ralph Nader in sight. May I respectfully recommend to anyone interested in the Scottish ruling class, that they read "Who Owns Scotland" by Andy Wightman. His conclusion in a tremendously well-researched book, is that Scotland, today, is still the most feudal country in Europe. And talking of Flodden, we can't forget Earl and Lady Douglas-Home, who, in the year 2000, admirably found time, in their busy rent-collecting schedule, to address the grateful townspeople of Coldstream, before the annual ride to Flodden Field. To see a picture of such an auspicious occasion, copy and paste this: http://stephaniepiro.com/Coldtream%20Civic%20Week.htm Third picture on the page.