While Europe’s monarchies will no doubt be smart enough to survive for some time to come, it is the British royals who have most to fear from the Spanish example.
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The most successful monarchies strive to abandon or hide their old aristocratic ways.
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The Spanish case provides arguments both for and against monarchy.
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So, does the Spanish crisis suggest that monarchy is seeing its last days? Does that mean the writing is on the wall for all European royals, with their magnificent uniforms and majestic lifestyle?.
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It is only the Queen who has preserved the monarchy’s reputation with her rather ordinary ( ' , if well-heeled) granny style.
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He has failed to understand that monarchies have largely survived because they provide a service – as non-controversial and non-political heads of state.
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Charles ought to know that as English history shows, it is kings, not republicans, who are the monarchy’s worst enemies.
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So, does the Spanish crisis suggest that monarchy is seeing its last days?