Mentsch:
From your hypothetical questions you seem to agree that the heter should extend to all comparable circumstances. If the heter is legitimate, then I agree. What’s insane is that other posters on here seem to be acting like this one narrow occasion is the only time this action would ever be mutar. I say, if you can do it to please a symbolic king, kal v’chomer you could do it to please people who actually matter.
The only point where I’ll disagree: no the king of England could not ever use political influence to help the Jews because he has no political influence. Al Sharpton has more political influence than the British Royals.