Opinion: Will and Kate “Thin Line between Britain and Anarchy”

Tuesday, 26 April 2011 | by Pat's Picks

Let’s raise a toast to William and Kate says Wall Street Journal columnist Bret Stephens. He lauds the royal couple for signing up to do a job that they have no choice but to sign up for: being a reaffirming symbol of British identity. And that’s a task that deserves respect, writes Stephens, at a time when the UK’s identity—one third of Londoners are foreign-born—is rapidly changing: “These aren’t celebrities, but servants. And the ‘events’ in which they participate aren’t ‘pseudo.’ They are the thin line between Britain and anarchy.”