Her Majesty received two new ("loyal") opposition leaders over the weekend, one in the Great White North, and one in the Great Down Under.
Canada's Liberal Party once again chooses a Quebecker (though very much the anti-establishment candidate) to lead them, one Stephane Dion who holds uncertain prospects against Stephen Harper in the months ahead. On the flip side of the planet, Australia's Labor picked Kevin Rudd over Kim Beazley to take on John Howard in the next election down there.
Add to this the fact that John Key just took over the opposition reigns in New Zealand, and that the untraditionalist David Cameron is just barely a year through his tenure as opposition leader, and you get to wondering about the future of the monarchy. Just who are these people? Just how loyal are they?