Callistemon21
Dickens I quite like having a monarchy, the continuity and relative stability. But your post is very good.
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... I do have a 'sneaking' affection for Elizabeth. In spite of being a republican.
Her duties may not be what many consider 'real work' but they have imposed on her a way of life from which she's never abdicated, never faltered, so I can understand why people relate to the 'continuity' and 'stability'. She made a vow, as she herself said, "in her salad days", and she's stuck to it. I'm sure many think her wealth and position have given her an easy life, and to some extent that's true, but in exchange she has had to suppress her own individualism, be at the beck and call of the State, and live under the scrutiny and spotlight of both detractors and admirers. It's not a 'normal' way of life, but she's navigated it.
I've said before that when she dies, we will not see her like again. She will be the end of an era. And I won't be rejoicing with fellow republicans when she sheds her mortal coil.
