Royals are meant to be different. Their survival requires it, as our 90-year-old monarch knowsThere is no sillier location in the Venn diagram than the intersection of “people who are royalists” with “people who assume the crown should miss out Prince Charles and move straight to Prince William”. How in the name of porphyria-by-proxy can they be both? The British monarchy is a hereditary gig as governed by the Bill of Rights and the Act of Settlement. You can’t just skip a round because you don’t like whoever the random figurehead generator has thrown up. Related: The Guardian view on the Queen at 90: the time to discuss changes | Editorial Continue reading...
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