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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Ana Marie Cox

Equal opportunity royalty?

QUEEN ELIZABETH I
Queen Elizabeth I, who famously had 'the heart and stomach of a king' – and plenty of brocade. Photograph: Roger-Viollet/Rex Features

First of all: something named "the Royal Equality Act" is pretty much a lie unless it altogether abolishes the monarchy. But, hey, finally some recognition that women have the same right to an arbitrarily established form of systematic oppression that men have! Progress!

Sure, there is a new-found opportunity for foreign-born men to grow up and marry a queen (they can already do that in six American states), but if (as British Prime Minister Cameron says), "These rules are outdated and need to change," why stop at gender? Let the gays rule! They would know what to do with brocades.

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