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The Queen makes her final journey

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The Monarchy Is Above Politics

I heard her say in a quode that's been played since her death, that she felt that she was able to give a prime minister a sort of a neutral shoulder. They you knew that whatever was said in that room would not go any further than that. And it was because the monarchy is above politics. Has nothing to do with politics. A therefore, the monarch is seeing issues from a slightly different angle and a slightly different reflection. And that's very helpful to a prime minister. So at this point, i am going to then play something that king charles the third now has said almost from the getgo,. That he will also abide by this constitutional prerogative where they

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