Royal Watcher Robert Hardman on the Modern Monarchy

[close] “The monarchy is a human embodiment of the country’s values, histories, and traditions,” says British journalist Robert Hardman.

Today’s monarchy may have the same crown and live in the same palace, but it’s a changed institution, says Hardman, and the impending royal baby — the first to be born under new, gender-agnostic succession laws — is a great signifier of the modern monarchy.

Here, Hardman talks about the history of royalty in England and why it might well be said that we’re living in the second Elizabethan age.