Privilege and Burden

The crown isn't just a mere ornament to be worn, it's a privilege and a burden. 

For you sit with your head high, the crown embellished with precious stones, while the others bow. Privilege. 

But, you can not look down, for even a slight tilt of the head, can make you lose the crown. Burden. 

For you can wave and smile when thousands gather around to get just one glimpse of you. Privilege. 

But you can't laugh your heart out when you find something funny in front of those same people. Burden. 

But it's rare to find a person who can do both.

The crown has the final say in everything yet the bearer of the crown doesn't have a voice. 

But the true monarch can't be just anybody, because the bearer of the crown might be a puppet of these strings, but a monarch is one who controls everything. Smile when they have to, laugh when they want, hold their heads high when they have to but tilt their heads in disagreement when they want to. 

Privilege and burden exist for those who weigh the crown against it's pros and cons. But the true meaning of sense of authority and sovereignty do not stem from either. 

They stem from something called sense of duty, for the sovereign isn't a mere bearer of the crown, nor the protector of the realm. A sovereign is both privileged and burdened by the responsibility of the realm, but first and foremost is a dutiful servant of the crown and it's people.