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The British constitutional scholar answers Le Monde s questions about the importance of the coronation of Charles III on May 6 and why the monarchy remains popular in the UK.
Senior royals lack several basic rights the rest of us take for granted, such as freedom of speech and of career. But they also have "considerable time to enjoy themselves in their homes in the countryside", a royal historian says.
The little details - the thrones, the flowers, the line-up on the balcony - reveal a King trying to turn his mother’s legacy into a monarchy to suit the times.