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I believe those countries have more of an issue with basic human rights rather than monarchy. The two don’t have to be mutually exclusive.

No. It just means we’d have to elect the useless ****er every few years and frankly, given the grind of electing 650 MPs every 5 years, plus local elections etc, who can be arsed with that? Imagine NSC. Then imagine only being permitted to post in the Bear Pit? That’s what life would be like...

Good post and one that chimes precisely with my experience of the 4-day weekend. Just a pleasant, convivial and relaxed atmosphere with non of the over-the-top alcohol fuelled jingoism that seems to accompany England doing well in a tournament, for example. No reports of any trouble or fights...

Was the alternative spending the day with you?

I think you may have misunderstood if you think I was referring to this evening’s concert as an example of how Britain does ceremony and pageantry. I was referring to traditions like Trooping the Colour or events like the flypast for example. Of course, I don’t have examples from every other...

Regardless of what you may think about the monarchy, no other country pulls off pageantry and ceremony quite like Britain. Many try to imitate but none come close. Always makes me unashamedly proud.