Castles and Kings
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Castles and Kings
Civilised society is being challenged in these early days of 2021. Fortunes are being made and lost, kings are being dethroned, castles assailed.
Divine providence is being invoked and accountability questioned. Plagues, famine and conflicts foment across the globe from the Americas to Africa. It is not a new narrative.
In 1962, when the Cold War was on a hair-trigger, my family had started a tour of the British Isles. My father, Peter, had a brief from the Imperial Relations Trust to commentate on the history, culture, and social profile of the British nation. His diary account is the basis of this column series.