The MonarchyChatto & Windus, 1990 - 42 síður Part of a series, this book submits a proposal for the admission of republican principles into the national debate. The author examines the Royals as a national fetish that encourages servile but also snobbish attitudes. He calls for constitutional and political reform. |
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... church and styles herself ' defender of the faith ' . As the then Archbishop of Canterbury quite unaffectedly remarked on the occasion of the present Queen's coronation : " This country and Commonwealth last Tuesday were not far from ...
... church and styles herself ' defender of the faith ' . As the then Archbishop of Canterbury quite unaffectedly remarked on the occasion of the present Queen's coronation : " This country and Commonwealth last Tuesday were not far from ...
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... Church of England and Oxbridge , this strikes the possessing classes as a piece of wanton irrespon- sibility and ( after all we've done for them ) ingratitude also . But it is perfectly irrelevant to any discussion of the principle of ...
... Church of England and Oxbridge , this strikes the possessing classes as a piece of wanton irrespon- sibility and ( after all we've done for them ) ingratitude also . But it is perfectly irrelevant to any discussion of the principle of ...
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... Church . That is a noble conception , and of itself makes every man and woman in the land a partaker in the mystery of the Queen's anointing . But the Queen also stands for the soul as well as for the body of the Commonwealth . In her ...
... Church . That is a noble conception , and of itself makes every man and woman in the land a partaker in the mystery of the Queen's anointing . But the Queen also stands for the soul as well as for the body of the Commonwealth . In her ...
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