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The Queen was the model constitutional monarch

9 September 2022

4:33 PM

9 September 2022

4:33 PM

There are events in politics that everyone knows are coming but no one can quite anticipate what they will mean. The death of the Queen is one of these. Her Majesty reigned for 70 years and no MP has served under any other monarch. There is no institutional or political memory of the passing of a sovereign.

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