A chara, – After the demise of Queen Elizabeth II, the British people should look on this as an opportunity to abolish the monarchy, which is an anachronism in these times. – Yours, etc,
DEREK HENRY CARR,
Dublin 1.
Sir, – Even allowing for the overwhelming power of celebrity and mass tourism in our current age, I never cease to be amazed at the attraction of so-called royalty, specifically the British variety, for those who do not live in that country.
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In particular, the Americans and Irish who seem so besotted with the Windsors seem to be compensating for their rejection of hereditary rule.
Of course, there is all the pageantry, the pomp and the lavish plumage but the great advantage of admiring a monarchy from afar is that you do not have to pay taxes to fund it.
Mind you, if I lived in London, Glasgow, Cardiff or Belfast, I would feel exactly the same way as I currently do in Dublin. – Yours, etc,
DAVID DOYLE,
Sandymount,
Dublin 4.