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WILKES-BARRE — We may have — as those who scoff at America’s infatuation with British royalty note — fought a war to get away from that sort of thing. And the late Queen Elizabeth the II ...
Americans rarely grasp the extent to which the British people invested their monarch with a sense of sanctity. Elizabeth II personified the “mystic chords of memory” that bind a country ...
The president of the United States appears to have long ago forgotten that Americans fought the Revolutionary War not merely to secure their independence from the British monarchy but to establish ...
Most Americans have never known any other British monarch. During her rule, she witnessed a lot of changes from the beginning of her regime to the end. The late Queen Elizabeth Il and Former US ...
But the same century has seen the British monarchy become more firmly established. The British Crown appears to the historian much stronger in 1935 than it did in 1835, or even in 1875. Many of ...
In “A Woman Who Embodied the Myth of the Good Monarch” (Opinion, Sept. 9), Serge Schmemann puts a mostly positive spin on the monarchy. It is both unhelpful and unwelcome. Despite the best ...
Following the death of Queen Elizabeth and the end of her 70-year reign, King Charles is ushering in a new era for the British monarchy. MSNBC’s Alicia Menendez and her panel discuss the ...
United Kingdom “To Hell With Kings!” What Happened to American Skepticism About Monarchy? Tom Paine warned that enthusiasm for monarchy led to enthusiasm for aristocracy and oligarchy, while ...
Let me be the first to welcome America to its monarchy era. Congratulations everyone, ... Stewart then pointed out that things “didn’t end up so great for the British empire. ...
For those fascinated by America's relationship with the monarchy, few weeks in history could compare with this one. The American flag has been lowered to half-staff, flowers and tributes have been ...