I feel like people misuse the X is dead, long live X construction, but maybe I’m missing something. I’ve always taken it to be a reference to the stability and

I feel like people misuse the X is dead, long live X construction, but maybe I’m missing something. I’ve always taken it to be a reference to the stability and near-programmatic nature of British royal succession. So while “the king is dead” in some places historically would be a disaster with conflict surely following, in Britain it automatically and instantly becomes “long live the king” for the next king and there is no panic.