Is a monarchy good for democracy?

[JackRiddler]

1. I'm sorry, is this really an empirical view?

From the outside looking it, it looks rather like the constitutionally constrained monarchy gets to stay more or less aloof from the mosh pit of day to day politics and has at least the potential to act as a sort of moral beacon. Separated from the day to day power struggles, a monarch can simply stand for what they believe is right, and inspire others to follow an example that is more ethical than necessarily pragmatic.

Are you really looking in, or are you devising an ideal unrelated to reality? When do you see this potential, if that even exists, put to any use in Britain? Are we talking about the same family?

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