Commentary
Like many, I’m suffering from a surfeit of royalty at the moment.
I was a great fan of Queen Elizabeth II, whose passing last week I noted in The Spectator.
I’m also, though a proud American patriot, a fan of the British monarchy.
It has been a source of stability, succor, and political enlightenment for centuries.
Some say that monarchy is the opposite of democracy, and therefore inimical to freedom.
That opens a large subject. For now, I merely point out that the United States is supposed to be a constitutional republic, which is a form of representative democracy….