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A naive American actress, a disgruntled prince, and a few chickens aren’t going to bring down a 1,200-year-old institution, but what has boiled to the surface is a conversation concerning the modern purpose of the monarchy.
Throwing the proverbial baby out with the proverbial bathwater is a short- term, knee-jerk reaction. Any institution is only as good as its people. That fact might be the current monarchy’s problem.
If every royal were like the Queen, there wouldn’t be a problem, but the Queen won’t be around forever. How to you follow an act like Queen Elizabeth? Many might not want to. Sequels don’t always work, and that could be the insurmountable obstacle.