So the tedious issue of whether Camilla could one day be Queen has been reignited by Prince Charles' slip in an American TV interview. I tend to think the people questioning whether a woman they don't happen to like very much "should" become Queen are a bit like the outraged TV talent show viewers who think that Wagner "shouldn't" win The X Factor just because he can't sing very well, or that Ann Widdecombe "shouldn't" win Strictly Come Dancing just because she can't dance very well. What, you mean that in a public phone vote, the person with the most votes wins? What, you mean that in a hereditary monarchy, the wife of the heir to the throne gets to become Queen? Who'd have thunk it?
If Camilla does become Queen (or indeed if Wagner wins The X Factor) it's the sign of a system working exactly as it's supposed to. If you don't like that system, let me suggest the remedy has been staring you in the face all along...
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