-Caveat Lector- > Tuesday, May 28, 2002 Sivan 17, 5762 > > Britain's Queen urged to say sorry for Empire > > By Reuters > > LONDON - Britain's Queen Elizabeth should embark on a world tour to > apologize for the "past sins of the British Empire", a left-wing > think-tank aid on Tuesday. > > London-based policy body, Demos, said the tour would help modernize > the > British monarchy and reinvent the Commonwealth group of 54 nations. > > "This could begin with a world tour to apologize for the past sins of > > Empire as a first step to making the Commonwealth more effective and > relevant," Demos director Tom Bentley and head of strategy James > Wilsdon > said in a joint statement. > > Critics of the British Empire, which at its peak in 1918 covered a > quarter of the world's population and area, say its huge wealth was > built > on oppression and exploitation. > > Demos also urged the Queen to "quit while you're ahead, ma'am," > suggesting she hand over the throne before her 80th birthday in four > years. > > Other suggested reforms included sending future princes and > princesses to > state-run schools and using royal land to ease Britain's housing > shortage. > > In a foreword to a collection of essays called "Monarchies: What are > Kings and Queens For?", Demos said the royal family's recent bid to > modernize had been little more than a public relations exercise. > > Demos, set up in 1993 with the aim of influencing government policy > and > public opinion, said the Queen had stifled debate on the future of > the > monarchy. > > "There is something absurd about someone declaring that they intend > to > keep going forever," Bentley and Wilsdon said. "Britain is in danger > of > replacing its monarchy with [a] gerontocracy." > > The Queen used a speech in April to send a clear message that she had > no > plans to step aside for her 53-year-old son Charles, the heir to the > throne. > > Public support for the royal family appears to be on a high, as many > Britons prepare to celebrate the Queen Elizabeth's 50 years on the > throne. > > Britons were touched by the royal family's display of grief after the > > deaths this year of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother and Princess > Margaret, the Queen's younger sister. > > In two recent newspaper polls, just over half of those questioned > believed Queen Elizabeth should continue to rule until her death. > > http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo= >9636&contrassID==1&subContrassID==8&sbSubContrassID==0&listSrc==Y
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