What happens now the Queen has died?
The UK will enter ten days of national mourning and parliament will sit on Friday and Saturday for MPs’ tributes.
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The Queen made us a gentler and kinder country
Having a motherly figure as the representative of state power has been overwhelmingly positive.
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The Queen’s death leaves a nation unsure of its place in the world
This is the second act of a national realignment that began with the UK’s departure from the EU.
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The death of the Queen marks the final break with imperial Britain
Her reign was a link to a country still in the twilight of empire.
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The Metropolitan Police protects the powerful
Power doesn’t just corrupt those at the top – it prejudices the institutions that should keep them in line too.
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The interventions of Prince Charles will end in calamity – for him and the monarchy
The Queen creates unity by managing to say everything and nothing. The heir to the throne does not have this…
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Why we must allow the sovereign to retire
Before the age of common longevity, an heir would not have wasted his life waiting.
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What will happen when the Queen dies?
Britain's apathy will keep Charles on the throne, for better or for worse.
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