Last night, a strange thought came to mind. I was quite surprised after realizing it is so true. I always thought no power is a greater than powerful person. But I was wronged.
Why? because power comes from the crown, chair, ranks, medals not from the person. For example, an army personal will not salute a civilian but when a person takes charge of the president's chair or post, he/she becomes the commander in chief of the military, and all military personal salute him/her. After his/her term, he/she lose the chair along with the power. A military person goes through tremendous training, his smartness rises through him/her to higher ranks. It takes time for them to one in charge. But an untrained politician outran him/her in ranks and gave orders to follow, he/she must comply with the politician.
When a soldier salutes an officer, does he salute the person or the ranks? The answer is he salutes the ranks, not the officer. Because without the ranking badge, the officer has no authority whatsoever. The same goes for the monarchy. Do they choose the crown before their personal life? they do. Before their personal interest, they put their duty first. Most of the monarchy left their personal interests before the crown.

