Dear Eileen,

> Those days are long gone when a monarch had much say in what went on.

Yes, they're a political irrelevance. Some of the recent posts had me
thinking, "Is this turning into 'Hello' magazine?!" Human Giant
Pandas: high-maintenance, heading for extinction, and all overseas
visitors are curious about are their breeding habits. Many of us
ignore 'em altogether.

cheers,
Marianne (who'll be off at her Wobbly meeting tomorrow, anyway... ;-D)