Then what's in place to prevent the Royal Family from messing with the Parliament using the RAF?
I'm not exactly saying democracy is a must, but to have noble bigwigs holding the reigns of 21st century militaries and not have public backlash, somewhere in their history, some things must've been lost because said nobles wield a magic not found in our world.
I'm just curious as to what might've been lost. I love writing fics of this sort; exploring differences between the fictional world and ours. XD