Thoughts on the monarchy from a foreign jail, (or gaol if you are British).
Apparently the U.S. penal system gives Conrad Black enough stability and peace to meditate and commit his thoughts to paper. Whatever your thoughts on the monarchy are, pro or con, I recommend you read this article on the choice for Canada between monarchy and republicanism;
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=2165496
An article in the Calgary Herald says "Prince Charles and Camilla are visiting, and most Canadians don't really care". http://www.calgaryherald.com/entertainment/Prince+Charles+Camilla+visiting+most+Canadians+really+care/2169872/story.html
Conrad Black has written a well-reasoned article as to why we should care. This article is all the more poignant considering the circumstances of its writer. Regardless of the future of our constitution, and the present plight of the writer, here is a quote with which I completely agree:
"Prince Charles deserves a warm welcome in this country. He likes Canada, knows it well, and has a number of friends here. He has recovered well and completely from the buffetings and infelicities of earlier days, when his estranged wife was running a parallel monarchy, and from the sadness and ultimately the tragedy of that marriage. The Duchess of Cornwall is an unambiguously apt and gracious person, and the imperishable and strangely useful institution of the monarchy will be in good hands when their time comes."
