Anders Zorn paintings

Anders Zorn paintings
Anne-Francois-Louis Janmot paintings
Britons regard their monarchy very much like the way Americans regard their flag, said Celia Sandys, a granddaughter of Winston Churchill and author of Churchill: Wanted Dead Or Alive."It's not individuals we're talking about, it's an institution," she said.As an example of the affinity most Britons retain for their royal family, Linker cited the crowds who gathered at memorials for Princess Margaret, who died last month at 71. Sandys noted that Australians held an acrimonious debate in 1999 on whether or not to dump the queen, but eventually voted to keep the monarchy.Linker dismissed the scandals surrounding the Windsors as a "media invention.""This is absurd," he said. "This is trying to put these people at the same level as Madonna."Drifting Toward RepublicanismOthers, however, are less sanguine.