"If a nation does not want a monarchy, change the nation’s mind. If a nation does not need a monarchy, change the nation’s needs."
— Jan Smuts

January 1, 1970

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To Princess Frederica of Greece, as cited by Doug Lennox in Now You Know Royalty, Monarchies in Action, p. 57