So remind me again why it was that even in the late 1800's and early 1900's said members of parliment still scurried back and forth in an attenpt to curry favor with said monarchs?

I mean..if the King is just a figure head...why bother?

Oh thats right even though power had to be shared with the various members of nobility on different occassions the monarch still retained a great deal of actual power despite what was written on paper.

Fortunately Mr Washington was a very honorable man and refused such offers becuase he believed that perhaps the people of this new nation had found a better way to govern themselves where one rises to power out of a sence of duty and merit as opposed to being held under the tyranny of those who came to power through the hapenstance of their birth.