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Thu 11 Nov 2002God save the queen (from her family)Whole hours pass these days when I feel unprecedented affection for President McAleese and Martin, their children, our little republic, and the founding fathers who freed us from the yoke of monarchy, writes Kathy Sheridan.Are we not blessed to have a head of state who shows no inclination to show up mid-morning at Leinster House, in full-on, shimmering evening regalia and jewelled crown, to read the government's legislative programme from a roll of hand-inscribed goat skin? Or with her son, who desists from summoning passing varlets to hold the specimen bottle while he provides a urine sample for the doctor?