@moffintosh
Not paying taxes, or because he wakes up grumpy one day. Or, because he decides something has to be built there. Or, because he looked at the queen for too long.
You know he's right, and even the author didn't have an argument.
@LukeAlmighty They can write that he can fly and shit rainbows for that matter.
Dude do you even know how the british magna carta and parlament came to be?
@LukeAlmighty He doesn't. For the fact that feudalism (or even modern day capitalism) doesn't work that way: the central authority is sustained by the feudal lords (or the capitalists). If the king expropiated the lords for any of the reason you listed, he would have a revolt