After Elizabeth Audiobook Libro.fm

Bloomsbury presents After Elizabeth written and read by Ed Owens

The British monarchy has been through turbulent times of late Rocked by scandal and strife and without it seems a clear plan for the future following the death of Queen Elizabeth II we have been left wondering what happens next

Nothing seems certain Will the monarchy survive with its continuing echoes of an Imperial past Will young people disenchanted with the political status quo find the ritual and practice of the monarchy quite so mesmerising as previous generations have done What might a republican Britain look like

Ed Owens argues that the monarchy must embrace reform and transform itself radically No more private jets while preaching about the importance of the environment no more secrecy obscuring royal influence in high places and no more hangers on enjoying graceandfavour homes A major slimming down is essential And its time the family archives were opened

All these issues will have a direct effect on the common good of the nation as it tries to reinvent itself as a modern working democracy and endeavours to equip itself for the coming decades Ed Owens situates this critical moment of royal transition in its historical context in order to set out a vision for monarchy that is futureproof but which would also see the crown play an integral role in the evolution of 21stcentury Britain