All this pomp and splendour proves it: without our support the royals can’t survive | Simon Jenkins

The public mourning for the Queen has been a PR triumph for the royal family. But this shouldn’t disguise the need for reform

Ten days of mourning for the death of Queen Elizabeth II reached their climax at Westminster Abbey today, with a tear in the eye of the nation and hundreds of world leaders in attendance. They came to honour not power or achievement but a ceremony of nationhood in one person. They have witnessed an extraordinary week of recent British history, a week in which nothing else ...