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  • After Elizabeth

  • Can the Monarchy Save Itself?
  • By: Ed Owens
  • Narrated by: Ed Owens
  • Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
  • 4.0 out of 5 stars (2 ratings)

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Summary

Bloomsbury presents After Elizabeth written and read by Ed Owens.

The British monarchy has been through turbulent times of late. Rocked by scandal and strife, and without it seems a clear plan for the future following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, we have been left wondering: what happens next?

Nothing seems certain. Will the monarchy survive with its continuing echoes of an Imperial past? Will young people – disenchanted with the political status quo – find the ritual and practice of the monarchy quite so mesmerising as previous generations have done? What might a republican Britain look like?

Ed Owens argues that the monarchy must embrace reform and transform itself radically. No more private jets while preaching about the importance of the environment; no more secrecy obscuring royal influence in high places; and no more hangers on enjoying grace-and-favour homes. A major slimming down is essential. And it's time the family archives were opened.

All these issues will have a direct effect on the common good of the nation as it tries to reinvent itself as a modern working democracy, and endeavours to equip itself for the coming decades. Ed Owens situates this critical moment of royal transition in its historical context in order to set out a vision for monarchy that is future-proof, but which would also see the crown play an integral role in the evolution of 21st-century Britain.

©2023 Ed Owens (P)2023 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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Good in parts

I enjoyed the author’s overall commentary, but quickly grew weary of his bright ideas for a revised, more progressive, monarchy in the future. These are difficult, nuanced and thorny issues that will need thrashed out over years and by a range of individuals, so at best this is one voice. More importantly,I’m not sure the British public is able or willing to engage in the necessary debate, therefore some of his ideas may well be naïve.

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