Lasting peace requires the establishment of justice, the formation of an independent Palestinian state, and respect for the national sovereignty of the Palestinian people, writes NAVID SHOMALI
The wheels of the Establishment now turn to preserve the monarchy
		Pro-royal sentiment has been in decline for decades — now every available outlet of influence in service of the system is successfully turning public opinion around. NICK WRIGHT considers why the crown remains so important to the powers that be
	 
			NINETY per cent of the people living on these islands have known no other monarch than Elizabeth II.
When she ascended the throne the railways had been recently nationalised and unified — when she died they were lost to public ownership, save some were in the possession of the state-owned railway of Germany from where much of her family originated.
Elizabeth II became queen because her father was king. He became king only because his brother Edward had been forced to abdicate supposedly because the Establishment found his divorcee mistress Wallis Simpson unacceptable as royal consort.
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