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Monarchies don't 'defend democracy' — just ask the Greeks
One royal family attending the late Queen's funeral should have also laid to rest strange illusions in our monarchy being a safeguard against a fascist dictatorship — in 1967 king Constantine ushered one in, explains SOLOMON HUGHES
DICTATORS: (left to right) StylianosPattakos, Georgios Papadopoulos
and Nikolaos Makarezos lead the 1967 coup
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LIBERAL fans of the dead Queen and new King argue Britain’s constitutional monarch guards against the dangers of presidential power. It’s the argument that you can’t ask for anything better, because you’ll just end up making it worse.
Royalty promotes a general sense of deference and tradition but doesn’t hold much political power. By having a ceremonial head of state, we avoid a powerful president, who could be worse. In an extreme version of this argument, monarchy can save a country from fascism.
George Orwell argued this during WWII: “A French journalist said to me once that the monarchy was one of the things that has saved Britain from fascism.
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