[british royalty] tony nominates posh and becks

I can't see the problem:

Although still speculation, the thought of a Sir David Beckham, not to mention a Lady Beckham, is too much for some.

I disagree. Sir David and Lady Posh have a nice ring to them, don't you think? And how about Lord Osbourne, the Earl of Doherty, the Earl of Townsend and Sir William Wyman, to make up the new aristocrapy?

We could import our aristocrapy too. If it's good enough for DB to move to the U.S. as a tax exile, shortly before his crowning by Tony Blair, why can't Lady Paris, the Duchess of Spears and the Viscount Brangelina also join us?

Why stop there?

Likewise, there is some bemusement over informal talk of putting Beckham on the £20 note, a spot historically reserved for people such as the British monarch, or the economist Adam Smith.

And why even stop there?

Augustus Caesar became a g-d so I can't see why DB can't also be so crowned. After all, to the vast majority of UK youth, he already plays that role.

Seriously, I think you're misinterpreting Tony. He simply realizes that, having helped reduce Britain to Eu-Serfdom and Third World status, an aristocracy of the peacocks is more than appropriate.

The Churchills, Rhodes, Drakes and Disraelis, the scientists and men and women of actual achievement - they are part of a bygone world, another life we fondly remember.