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Hello and welcome to the edition podcast where each week we look at what's in the magazine

with the writers behind the pieces. I'm Lara Prendergars, the spectators, executive editor

and today we'll be looking at the radical rule of Elizabeth II, the shaky ground under

the Prime Minister, and what's happened to Chinese cinema. First up, Will and I are joined by Robert Hardman and Angela Levin, two of the UK's royal

specialists to explore the character of the Queen and what impact she's had on the institution

of the monarchy.

Robert, I think the popular image of the Queen is perhaps someone who is a constant.

So there's this idea that the world has changed so much in 70 years, but the queen has not

changed.

But actually in your piece, you paint a slightly different picture.

Could you tell our listeners a little bit about how you see her?

Yes, well, thank you.

I mean, the point I make is,

as you say, I mean, the Queen herself, the character, the Elizabeth Windsor hasn't changed.

She's still that same dutiful, conscientious young princess, determined to emulate her father

and 70 years on she is. But the institution

that she leads has changed immeasurably over the years. And that has been down to her.

She can see that institutions that are going to survive have to evolve. Prince Philip

once said to me that, you know, all the

monarchies that have gone over the years, they haven't been killed by republicanism. They've been

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