Houston Chronicle / February 22, 2013
Maggie Galehouse, one of the Houston Chronicle’s book reviewers, reported that British author Hilary Mantel compared the royals to pandas during a recent lecture for the London Review of Books. Here's an excerpt from Mantel's lecture, titled ‘Royal Bodies’:
"I used to think that the interesting issue was whether we should have a monarchy or not. But now I think that question is rather like, should we have pandas or not? … Pandas and royal persons alike are expensive to conserve and ill-adapted to any modern environment. But aren't they interesting? Aren't they nice to look at? Some people find them endearing; some pity them for their precarious situation; everybody stares at them, and however airy the enclosure they inhabit, it's still a cage."
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