Britons party for the Queen — but not the monarchy

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LONDON, May 20 — Practising Bollywood dance moves at his school gym in central England, 12-year-old Momin Rashid is excited to be one of the 10,000 performers who will take part...

LONDON, May 20 — Practising Bollywood dance moves at his school gym in central England, 12-year-old Momin Rashid is excited to be one of the 10,000 performers who will take part in a pageant to honour Queen Elizabeth’s 70 years on the throne.

But the picture for the monarchy as a whole is less clear. Research by think tank British Future found that 58 per cent of people thought the country should keep the institution for the foreseeable future, but 25 per cent thought the end of the queen’s reign was the time for Britain to become a republic.

“The queen, incredible, been here for 70 years leading our country — I feel that we should celebrate it and it’s something to be celebrated,” 16-year-old Milen Champaneri said at his Birmingham home where his British-Indian family live. “This year it feels like I really don’t want to because we’re celebrating a family who can’t do right within themselves; whether that’s the mistreatment of Harry and Meghan, or the way Archie hasn’t been embraced because they haven’t given him a princedom, or the way they’ve turned a blind eye to Andrew’s antics.”“The queen ... I love her. How she holds things together through trials and tribulations. Her husband died, her kids go through so much and she still does her duty.

 

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