The Aidan Project

#55 - Notes on Monarchy: House of Wax


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Why, after executing a King, did the British almost immediately experience a distinct feeling of buyer’s remorse? What purpose do the British think the Royal Family serves? And how intrinsic is the yearning for monarchy within the British identity? In Rights of Man, Thomas Paine, wrote stridently that he thought the British monarchical system absurd. Indeed, he helped establish the United States of America in opposition to monarchy. Is the British Monarchy a House of Wax?
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The Aidan ProjectBy Aidan Coughlan