The most important news for Britain in the past week did not break at Balmoral. That isn’t to deny that a royal succession is a big deal. As the crowds queueing for a glimpse of the deceased monarch attest, it is huge. But hugely symbolic.
Meanwhile, in a war 1,800 miles farther east there are events of greater consequence for citizens of this country than a new head under the crown and on the stamps. Of course our kingdom will be a bit different under Charles III. But the whole world will be different depending on whether it is Vladimir Putin or Volodymyr Zelenskiy who prevails in Ukraine.
