Opinion by Autumn Brewington: Why people care about the British monarchy
It’s a fair question — and one I have been asked a lot as an American royal watcher. Here’s a short answer: Some of us just like this stuff. We delight in the pomp of royal ceremonies . Some people follow personalities as though the House of Windsor is a real-life soap opera. Not everyone cares, of course, and they don’t have to. If you believe, as I do, that all people are created equal, the concept of a hereditary monarchy is archaic.
: “For many of us who are descendants of colonized ancestors, it’s difficult to mourn a person who represents a legacy of oppression.”There’s another reason to be interested in — and even respect — the monarchy: as an institutional force for stability that partisan politics could never provide. To my eye, the new king aims to project continuity in his mother’s tradition. We won’t know for a while which ways Charles may break from her approach. But the heraldic customs on display, unseen for many decades, underscore that part of the challenge before him is to show the relevance in our age of the ancient institution he now leads.
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