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Welcome to the WBZ Book Club.
I'm Jordan Rich. If you've been watching

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the Crown, and many of us
have, here's a book to consider called

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After Elizabeth? Can the Monarchy Save
Itself? By Ed Owens. The book

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examines the paradox that is the royal
family. The Queen and now the King,

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King Charles are representatives of the people
while living high above them and enjoying

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amazing wealth and privilege. Charles the
Third, now in his mid seventies,

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is still adjusting to his new position
after succeeding his mother, who was widely

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admired by her subjects and around the
world. The author is fond of the

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monarchy, considering himself a close friend
of the family, and examines how Elizabeth

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was a stabilizing force at the same
time turning her back on many emerging problems,

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and it suggested that King Charles make
certain reforms before the British public truly

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tires of the King and his court. Owens writes the monarch the King can

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do much in the future to bind
the country's wounds and bring the people together,

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one that plays a genuinely useful role
in national life. After Elizabeth,

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Can the Monarchy Save itself by Ed
Owens, The Book Club WBZ, Boston's news radio