11-23-2004, 02:27 PM | #11 | |
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And yes, I do think the monarchy will survive Prince William. There's no process for getting rid of it and no idea of what will replace it. There's been a monarchy in Britain for over a thousand years - I just can't see a government saying "right, we'll abolish the monarchy" any more than they'll say "right, we'll abolish the Houses of Parliament". More likely is that over the next couple of centuries (and I really think it will take that long) the monarchy will become slowly reformed out of existence. Unless there's a revolution or state of emergency like nuclear war or whatever.
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And all the time the waves, the waves, the waves Chase, intersect and flatten on the sand As they have done for centuries, as they will For centuries to come, when not a soul Is left to picnic on the blazing rocks, When England is not England, when mankind Has blown himself to pieces. Still the sea, Consolingly disastrous, will return While the strange starfish, hugely magnified, Waits in the jewelled basin of a pool. Last edited by sun-star : 11-23-2004 at 02:47 PM. Reason: Can't spell today |
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