and I don't see 'atheism' as a threat to the monarchy, it would be entirely possible to continue with no religious underpinnings at all, and it probably will as long as the folks in Britain manage the monarchy so as to be a net positive for cash flow on the balance sheet.
They won't follow the monarch so much as follow the money, IOW.
They won't follow the monarch so much as follow the money, IOW.
The granting of a pardon is an imputation of guilt, and the acceptance a confession of it.