Former Prime Minister Stephen Harper argued, following Elizabeth II's funeral, that the monarchy is "not just the formal head of the country's institutions, but the embodiment of the lives of all the nation's families", making the monarch not just head of state, but head of a national family, and monarchy "performs its functions in a way that a presidency can barely dream of."
Former Prime Minister Stephen Harper argued, following Elizabeth II's funeral, that the monarchy is "not merely the formal leader of the country's institutions, but the embodiment of all the nation's families", making the monarch not just head of state, but head of a national family, and monarchy "performs its functions in a way that a presidency can hardly imagine."