Should King Charles Step Aside?

And what should happen if he does?

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Early in Netflix’s hit series The Crown, we see a young Elizabeth Windsor being tutored on the political philosophy of Walter Bagehot. A journalist and author of The English Constitution, Bagehot believed that the British constitution was divided between two branches.

The monarchy represents the “dignified” branch. Its job is…