24-04-2024 13:11 via theguardian.com

King Charles looked for heroes to honour – and picked William, Kate and Camilla. Laugh? Cry? You choose | Norman Baker

Can we really say Britain has a modernised monarchy when archaic titles are being handed out as if it were 1348, not 2024I wonder if I should award myself an honour, something grand-sounding. How about Most Excellent Keeper of the Belfry? It has a nice ring about it, even if I have done nothing to deserve it. That latter consideration is of course no bar to our fossilised royal family who have this week breezily been giving themselves ludicrous sounding honours as if this were 1724, not 2024.Cam
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