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Source: NPR "Talk of the Nation"
Roundup
6-13-06

A Look at the Lives of Monarchs [audio 30min]

A former spokesman for Buckingham palace talks about what modern monarchs really do, and guests provide an update on the succession questions plaguing Japan's Chrysanthemum Throne. Guests: Dickie Arbiter, former spokesman for Buckingham Palace and Queen Elizabeth; Ken Ruoff, director of the Center for Japanese Studies at Portland State University, and author of The People's Emperor: Democracy and the Japanese Monarchy, 1945-1995; David Wyatt, history professor, Cornell University, and author of Thailand: A Short History.
Read entire article at NPR "Talk of the Nation"