Volume 53, Number 18 · November 16, 2006
King Tony
By Andrew O'Hagan
The Queen
a film directed by Stephen Frears
Very good monarchs must surely dislike innovation, if only to acknowledge the fact that innovation must surely dislike them. It may be said that Queen Elizabeth II has been especially skilled in this respect, having fought every day since her coronation on June 2, 1953, to oppose any sort of change in the habits of tradition and to preserve the British monarchy from the encroaching vulgarity of public feeling.
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