You’re the Monarch for a Day. Can You Save the Crown?

an interactive thought experiment

Good morning, Your Majesty.

You’ve woken up in Buckingham Palace. How you got here, you have no idea. But the tea tray is in your lap, and the crown is firmly on your head. Staff are waiting for your orders. The corgis are nipping at your heels. And the red dispatch boxes are already piling up.

But there’s no time to adjust to your newfound royal status…because the stakes couldn’t be higher. A powerful faction within Parliament is threatening to call a referendum in the next general election to abolish the monarchy altogether. The public is divided, support for the crown is waning, and the republican movement is growing louder. Your job today is to chart a modernization plan for the monarchy to secure its future — or risk becoming the last monarch in British history.