I was enjoying the thread about the British monarchy and want to know why it was closed down. I was about to post;

"Some of these elected their kings. The fact that we have, on occasion, done the same is not inconsistent."

When were those "occasions"?

Perhaps 'elected' is 'loose use'. As I understand from snoozing through endless episodes of Time Team the Saxons elected their Kings. Other innattention in history lessons revealed that at various points we (collectively as a nation) chose or elected that Matilda was a no no, Charles 1 was better from the neck down, Jane Gray was misled and James 2 should travel more. More accurate detail is probably available.