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Quotation: Craig Prescott, a constitutional law expert at Bangor University in Wales, says that in the U.K., the monarchy is probably safe for now because of Britain’s tendency to “muddle through” and gradually adapt its politics and constitution to changing times.“Clearly, if you were going to start from scratch, you would probably never choose one family and say, ‘They’re going to provide a head of state forever,’” he said. But the arrangement mostly works, and abolishing the crown “isn’t on the horizon of any political party.”
Still, he sees danger ahead if a young generation that has endured years of austerity, pandemic and economic pinch continues to struggle.
“If the monarchy stands for the status quo, the status quo isn’t necessarily great, in generational terms, for a certain section,” Prescott said. “If that continues, then that may be a problem for a lot of national institutions in 20 or 30 years’ time.”
| Period | 4 May 2023 |
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| Held at | The Independent (newspaper), United Kingdom |