Jeremy Paxman on British Monarchy (2/2)

What does it mean to be royal? At a time when the monarch no longer rules by divine right and governing powers fall to our elected leaders, the concept of royalty grows ever more elusive. The intellectual argument for the abolition of the monarchy is strong, and yet public interest in the royals continues to grow. Polls and polls, year after year shows that “vast“ majority of British public still wants to keep the Monarchy. Jeremy Paxman seeks to find out how the role of our head of state has changed over t