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Quotation: It was the late Queen who said “I have to be seen to be believed” — and meeting the public remained essential to the monarchy’s existence, Craig Prescott, a lecturer in constitutional law at Royal Holloway, University of London, said. “It is a reciprocal relationship.”
Quotation: The late Queen was working right up to her death, receiving her new prime minister, Liz Truss, just two days’ beforehand. Even in the age of modern medicine, when people live longer but spend more time in frailty, retirement can be a difficult thing to broach for royals who have pledged lifelong service. “Stepping away from duty prematurely can reduce it to being just a job, instead of being: You are the prince because you were born the prince,” said Prescott.