While some observers believe the queen's signing of the Commonwealth Charter signals her implicitsupport for gay rights and women's equality, a Buckingham Palace official said the monarch is merely carrying out her official duties.
Or to put it another way, the big issue, of what Lloyds, RBS, HSBC and Barclays need to do for society to repay the implicitsupport and subsidy they receive from the state, isn't going away.