you know how all the princes have military uniforms and “distinguished military records”
was gonna say. in the US this has also always applied to upper crest old money families. if a country doesn’t have a monarchy and nobility then it’s the old money families who do this shit. military service as a type of finishing school for male nobility. female nobility just get sent to actual finishing school and don’t have to go through the pretend soldiering… although a few decades ago some European countries started sending their princesses and other female nobility through the military service route.
was gonna say. in the US this has also always applied to upper crest old money families. if a country doesn’t have a monarchy and nobility then it’s the old money families who do this shit. military service as a type of finishing school for male nobility. female nobility just get sent to actual finishing school and don’t have to go through the pretend soldiering… although a few decades ago some European countries started sending their princesses and other female nobility through the military service route.