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Queen Elizabeth
September 27, 2022
Suzanne Schneider
Ostensibly, the Royal Family Is Apolitical. That’s Why Americans Are Obsessed With It.
The monarchy offers a comforting fantasy of power without politics.
November 13, 2020
Jennifer Wilson
Waiting for Diana
What we really want from the Princess of Wales in the new season of “The Crown”
November 26, 2019
Parker Richards
The Crown’s Case for the Monarchy
The Netflix show portrays the awkward dance between ceremony and democracy.
January 30, 2017
Jeet Heer
Theresa May wants to make clear that this is not her fault.
April 2, 2013
Thomas Mallon
You’re a Good Man, Charlie Windsor
Sympathy for the forever prince
September 22, 1997
Andrew Sullivan
The Princess Bride

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