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Carla Carlisle: Wallis Simpson’s great gift to Britain? Swapping vain, impulsive Edward for the patience, steadiness and kindliness of George and Elizabeth

Carla Carlisle may be a free-born American, but she doffs her cap to the late Queen, the new King, and how Britain’s centuries-old balancing act can trump the whims of political mood in a republic.

For years, I defended my affection for the Royal family with a quote from the dark comedy Harold and Maude. The spunky octogenarian Maude explains her late-in-life mellowing to her troubled young friend Harold: ‘I don’t believe in monarchy’ she says, ‘but I miss…

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