#monarchy
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Toot Redux (first published 10th July 2022)
#KingCharles’s staff given #redundancy notice during church service for Queen | #KingCharlesIII | The Guardian
So, Charles wasted no time in threatening the sacking of about a hundred of his staff.
Without the Queen, the Monarchy Could Fall Apart | Novara Media
“So long as the human heart is strong and the human reason weak,” wrote the great Victorian essayist Walter Bagehot, “Royalty will be strong because it appeals to diffused feeling, and Republics weak because they appeal to the understanding.” But after the technological and political revolutions of the 20th century, the divine grandeur of royalty looked little more than a tatty veil draped over the greed and despotism of Europe’s blue bloods. Elizabeth understood that the dignity of the monarch had to be reinvented as something closer to home in order to hit the mark of the public’s heart – less per me reges regnant, and more primus inter nanas.
https://novaramedia.com/2022/09/09/without-the-queen-the-monarchy-could-fall-apart/
What if Boris Johnson refuses to resign? – The Law and Policy Blog
For, however powerful the office of Prime Minister is, there is still something (theoretically) stronger: the power of the Crown.
The idea of the constitutional monarchy, like that of shareholders, is that liabilities should be borne by the government and parliament and not by the crown.
Being seen as politically liable has led to the downfall of monarchs.
Revealed: how #PrinceCharles pressured ministers to change law to benefit his estate | Prince Charles | The Guardian
So much for the Royal Family being above #politics.
Queen’s approval of laws must be more transparent, Scottish ministers told | The Queen | The Guardian
Barbados becomes a republic
https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2021/nov/30/barbados-becomes-a-republic-and-britain-faces-a-reckoning
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/29/nelson-blm-and-new-voices-how-barbados-came-to-cut-ties-to-crown
To #NationalHeroesSquare in #Bridgetown where in just a few hours #Barbados will become a #republic, #replacing the #Queen as #head-of-state
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