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A Woke Duchess and the British Empire (Version 2.0)
“The Revolution Will Not Be Televised”
It is now nearly 60 years ago since another American created a storm of huge proportions by just a single comment he made,
‘Great Britain had lost an Empire but not yet found a role’
This was Dean Acheson — Secretary of State under the Truman presidency in 1962.
It is this comment that I find echoes in much of the underlying exposition given by Meghan Markle and Prince Harry in their interview on CBS to Oprah Winfrey about their treatment and abuse from the British tabloid press and The Royal Family. It was not stated by either of the two participants nor was it alluded to in any way by Oprah Winfrey but it was undoubtedly The Elephant in The Room — or Garden to be exact. Let me explain.
Sir Winston Churchill fired the starting shot that inaugurated the role hunt in October 1948. When holding a speech in the welsh town of Llandudno, he introduced for the first time the idea of Britain being positioned ‘at the very point of junction’ of three circles: the British Commonwealth; the English-speaking World; and the United Europe.
By lying in such a critical position, the United Kingdom could use a considerable scope for manoeuvre to strategically impose its leadership in each circle and ply its…
