Princess Kate and Democracy’s Dis­con­tents

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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, th …