Does the monarchy still matter? New Statesman | July 13, 2009| | Copyright New Statesman Ltd. Jul 13, 2009. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Richard Eyre, theatre director

It's hard to deny our resemblance to devout worshippers of a cult: we crook the neck, we bend the spine, we bob and curtsey, we metaphorically cross ourselves towards the altar of monarchy. And just as religious faith defies the light of reason, so we are reluctant to examine the monarchy with anything more than an irritated shrug. No government will seriously tamper with the "constitution" (whatever that is), so we end up with the monarchy in the position of the monkeys on Gibraltar: a superstitious charm against the decline of our territorial integrity. But we ...

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