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Since the Second World War, as female expectations and opportunities have risen, becoming a royal woman - and remaining a royal woman - has seemed less and less an attractive proposition. Linda Colley

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The children of politicians learn the allure and tricks of politics along with their alphabet. They inherit a network of useful contacts, and - if they're lucky - a name that confers instant voter recognition. Linda Colley

Politics Politicians Recognition Tricks Network Instant Allure Contacts Name Voter Along Alphabet Learn Children Useful Inherit Lucky

Most national holidays in most countries rest on selective memories of the past. Linda Colley

Memories Rest National Past Selective Countries Most Holidays

In Britain, British history is naturally a mainstream subject. Step outside your own narrow specialism, and you can find yourself treading on someone else's toes. But in America, British history is an eccentric, minority pursuit, and while this can be intellectually isolating, it also permits extraordinary freedom. Linda Colley

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I don't even know if I'm British any more. I'm transatlantic, I'm European. Linda Colley

More Know Any European Even British

Once you know how completely and suddenly the earth can open up at your feet and the worst can happen, it also, paradoxically, leaves you more afraid of everything else. Linda Colley

Although England, and the rest of the United Kingdom, possesses momentous constitutional texts and significant statutes, since the 1600s there has been no systematic attempt to codify the powers and limits of the British executive and the rights of those it governs. Linda Colley

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