Unelected pundits unceasingly tell us democracy is in danger.
Yet as voters grit their teeth for a Biden-Trump rematch, they might wonder whether democracy is such a great thing in the first place.
Was it all a mistake to ditch George III for this?
The U.K. has free elections just as we do.
But when a prime minister is as unpopular as, say, Rishi Sunak is right now, nobody worries that Britain is in a cultural civil war.
Prime ministers come and go, but the head of state, the king or queen, can be consistent for decades — and, in the case of a monarch like Elizabeth II, can be consistently beloved.
Our citizens are only slightly less fascinated by the royal family than their subjects are.
The plight of the missing princess has certainly captured Americans’ attention.
The former Kate Middleton — now Catherine, Princess of Wales — has hardly been seen…
