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The Queen’s Death Is The Perfect Time To Talk About What’s Wrong With The Monarchy

Photo of the crown resting atop Queen Elizabeth II's coffin as it is carried during a Ceremonial Procession ​in London on Sept. 14
Queen Elizabeth II's coffin being carried during a Ceremonial Procession in London on Sept. 14 Thomas Krych/ZUMA

Not everyone in Britain is mourning the death of the Queen. There is increasing concern about how the monarch’s death is being used to repress freedom of expression and protest.

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French Monarchist Lessons For A Broken American Democracy

At a demonstration of yellow vests on the Champs-Elysees
At a demonstration of yellow vests on the Champs-Elysees Jean-Paul Lozouet/Le Pictorium Agency/ZUMA

-Essay- PARIS —The rendez-vous was for last January 21, on the anniversary of Louis XVI’s death. A friend had tipped me off that hundreds of French citizens gather each year in Paris to honor their last king and lament their fallen monarchy. Les Royalistes held mass for Louis and Marie-Antoinette, followed by pro-monarchy street protests. […]

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