Most of us would not wish it upon ourselves, and no democratic republic would inflict it for more than a decade. But the Queen has stuck to the task for six times as long ("Tributes to Queen on 60th anniversary of succession", The Herald, February 7, and Letters, February 7 & 8). Now she faces the alarming possibility of her realm being torn asunder during her final years. That is poor reward for 60 years of devotion to duty.
Without the Queen, all of our lives would be much the poorer
Head of state is a job that requires an inexhaustible tolerance of self-regarding politicians, vainglorious foreign potentates, tedium and ritual.
Most of us would not wish it upon ourselves, and no democratic republic would inflict it for more than a decade. But the Queen has stuck to the task for six times as long ("Tributes to Queen on 60th anniversary of succession", The Herald, February 7, and Letters, February 7 & 8). Now she faces the alarming possibility of her realm being torn asunder during her final years. That is poor reward for 60 years of devotion to duty.
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Don't show me this again.