Let's put an end to the debate over what can be said about the Queen.
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Perhaps I did not expect this because when former American presidents die, the mourning period is less intense. Talking heads eulogize the man, social media are either happy or sad, the funeral gets news coverage and the nation moves on. But when Britain’sdied last Thursday, a 10-day mourning plan commenced. The whole thing got me wondering about the power of ceremony and why so many people care so much about a royal family whose formal political power is essentially nonexistent.
“The royal family knows that they are anachronistic in the 21st century,” Newman said. “They want to be seen as one of the few successful monarchies in the modern world and the one that has lasted the longest and the one that has continuity.”“The way the royal family can inspire loyalty and all is through theater,” Newman said. “They know they don’t have any political power. They have ceremonial power and they don’t want to let that go.
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