featured <\/a>in promo pictures for an Emirati bank\u2019s new London branch. There she was, ninth in line, smiling in a lineup alongside First Abu Dhabi\u2019s group chief executive, Hana al-Rostamani, the bank\u2019s vice-chair, Mohammed bin Saif al-Nahyan, and three board members. What was she doing there?<\/p>\n10) The slimmed-down monarchy. Is it still happening?<\/p>\n
11) The Dukes of Kent, 90, and Gloucester, 81. They are very old now. Could they be allowed to put their feet up? Is there a succession plan? How would the show struggle on without them?<\/p>\n
12) Fergie. Is there a register of interests somewhere? Could MPs see it? Should she be retired from all forms of public life?<\/p>\n
Is it so outrageous for MPs to be allowed to discuss or question such things? By and large, citizens in Britain no longer tug their forelocks. But step into the Commons chamber and the age of deference is still with us, wrapped up in procedural flimflam.<\/p>\n
A democracy that cannot talk about its head of state is still partially in thrall to the old order. The monarchy may have Instagram accounts, transparency reports and diversity initiatives, but in the corridors of power it remains a sacred cow \u2013 majestic, costly, and conspicuously beyond question.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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