Continuing Canada’s constitutional monarchy in the cause of dignity

Countries like Canada that have evolved to keep the British sovereign as the head of state as a constitutional monarch should recognize how it can act as a safety valve against the actions of dangerous elected autocratic leaders that may arise from time to time.
King Charles III, pictured in Ottawa on May 18, 2022, has solemnly proclaimed he will follow this dignified role that his mother perfected and if he does, he deserves the support of citizens who have him as their sovereign head of state, writes Errol Mendes.
OTTAWA—Queen Elizabeth received a substantial part of her private education from Henry Martin, the vice-provost of Eton College. In the televised series The Crown, it was reported she was schooled on the wisdom of Walter Bagehot, the influential 19th‐century British writer, journalist, ...

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