" he was both, but also very kind. He got his power from England's natural magic. The sane source as Avalon, Fae and Arthur and all that! He wasnt just of england. he WAS england. When he died, we didn't just know it in our heads. We didnt have to watch it on tv or hear about it, like the Yanks when Captain America died. We felt it in our hearts. We knew down to the last child."
It was hard to out into words something that went beyond patriotism and into cultural identity. But she tried.