default, a monarchist country. it served the country very well for a very long time. the monarchy survived just a civil war, 400 years ago indeed. and again this tremendously sustaining influence, such as the queen herself, who is i think in the palace tonight as we see the royal standard flying. i understand on a personal note your daughter went to school with kate middleton. indeed. she s in australia at the moment today. she said to me the other day, skyping, what else, what do we do these days? i m in a youth hostile, my hockey teammate is about to become the next or if not the next, the next after queen of england. she was wry about this and agreed she wouldn t want to be in that position herself. were they classmates and teammates? they were. she said to me today, we were talking about this, if there was anybody at that school, the school s called mulberr, she