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“Who wants transparency, when you can have magic?”

A quote from the Duke of Windsor commenting on the live transmission, on television (!), of the anointment of Queen Elizabeth II. Explaining to his living room audience why the most holy part of the crowning is taking place behind a still of Westminster Abbey, closed off from the public eye.

(must see: Netflix series The Crown)