The Limits of Lineage

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This has been a good couple of weeks for the notion of monarchy. On Monday, the Queen and the Prince celebrated 60 years of marriage in Westminster Abbey, London.

The service, a rerun of their wedding when she was Princess Elizabeth, heir to the throne, and he Philip Mountbatten, a callow Royal Navy lieutenant, was a reminder that Britain has thrived under a monarch who can display grace under pressure and the stability that a constitutional monarchy offers a nation.

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