The Advantage of Hereditary Monarchy
Queen Elizabeth, it has often been said, had approval ratings of which politicians can only dream, running at 75 percent or more at any given time. She consistently rolled up the sort of numbers that an American president can only boast immediately after winning a war. Even many “republicans” in the British sense—that is, opponents of the monarchy—seemed to harbor little ill-will toward Elizabeth herself. That was one of the things that suited her to function as a symbol of the United Kingdom, a human Union Jacqui. Читать дальше...
