Commentary
As I watched the military parades at the start of Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations on June 2, I was full of admiration for the men and women in uniform who not only marched and played music with remarkable precision and discipline, but whose very purpose is to defend us as a country and our values of freedom, democracy, the rule of law, and human rights.
They answer to a civilian, democratically-elected government and a monarch who, though unelected, embodies both in her role and in her character a constitutional assurance to safeguard our democracy.
Tens of thousands of people joined the celebrations in London’s parks and streets, and millions more participated across the United Kingdom and around the world. I was surprised to learn through the media commentary that the Commonwealth, a network of 54 countries with the queen at its head, represents 2.6 billion people, almost a third of the world’s population….