Conrad Black: The monarchy a useful anachronism
The return to Canada of Prince Charles provides an opportunity to look again at the institutional eccentricity of the Canadian monarchy. It has received completely inadequate attention, here and in Australia and New Zealand, for its novelty. These are all among the most successful and promising countries in the world, and no other serious countries in history have had a non-residential monarchy.
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Canada's royal link has rusted out
Sun Nov 01 2009
Prince Charles is not terribly interested in Canada – he has not been here for eight years. The visit of Prince Charles will be very valuable about Canada making up its mind about itself. We're not much into royal visits anymore.
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