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...solution to public dissatisfaction with the House of Windsor? There are two options, both of which address the problems of the current royals while preserving the richness of a constitutional monarchical government. The first is to keep Queen Liz et al. in their present place, and serialize their trials and tribulations on BBC-1. In many ways the royals do satisfy our need for instant gratification--so why not acknowledge it and give them their own television series? "Melrose Place" and "90210" will finally have some stiff competition. After all, as the Economist points out, even Bagehot conceded that...
...poverty. On the other side, players, some of whom are also multimillionaires, stamp their size 13s and demand a bigger share of the pie. It's the rich vs. the megarich in a spectacle almost as distasteful to watch as the intramurals among the wackos of the House of Windsor. If there are principles involved, and both sides swear there are, they do not make sense to anyone but the principals. To the rest of the nation, the baseball strike and hockey lockout share one characteristic: they both seem downright stupid...
Queen Elizabeth is reported to have risked 1 pound in the Windsor Castle betting pool. Alas, the unlucky monarch drew...
...nearly 13 million people, a stunning two-thirds of the country's viewing audience. Though Charles' comments on his marriage occupied less than 10 minutes of the program, they, along with some controversial political statements, sparked a renewed debate over his suitability to be King. The House of Windsor once again was forced to raise the drawbridge and fill the moat against a barrage of criticism...
...yacht Britannia and paying for various other transport arrangements formerly supported by the public. Britain's economic woes partly account for these cutbacks, but the decline in royal popularity is also a factor: the Queen was reportedly shocked by her subjects' hostility to paying for repairs to Windsor Castle after a fire in November...