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Similar sentiments from me. I think there is something to be said for, lack of a better word, the continuity of history. 70 years with the same monarch. A sy
by mymythisisthis 4y ago
Similar sentiments from me.
I think there is something to be said for, lack of a better word, the continuity of history. 70 years with the same monarch. A system of monarchy, for over a 1000 years.
It is a symbolic role, but symbols are powerful.
- scaramanga 4y agoNot to mention wall-to-wall propaganda in any coverage that mentions them across the complete political spectrum of media. Arsenic-laced baby-food would be tolerated, if not vaguely enjoyed, if it received that kind of positive coverage. Mainstream UK press are regularly making North-Korea style calls for people who personally dislike the royals to be excluded from the media, eve when they are making even-handed reportage about them, just on the off-chance that their subconscious biases might seep through in to their work (or something? lol): https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10267447/Amol-Rajans-anti-Wills-Kate-tweets-unearthed.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10267447/Amol-Rajan... Edit: to indicate irony..