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Matthew Parris

How I learned to stop worrying and love the monarchy

9 December 2017

9:00 AM

9 December 2017

9:00 AM

Prince Harry does not exist and soon Meghan Markle will cease to exist too. None of the royal family exist. This truth, which has come to me rather late in life, has taught me how to stop worrying and love the monarchy.

Despite my boyhood admiration for King Sobhuza II of Swaziland, I was always a bit of a republican.

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