1.   A conscious effort was made in the post-war years to modernize the monarchy.

2.   Queen Elizabeth II will allow live televised coverage of official ceremonies within her royal palaces as part of attempts to modernize the monarchy, The Sunday Times reported.

3.   But it is another gesture toward modernizing the monarchy, and bringing it into line with continental monarchies.

4.   The Mail on Sunday said the queen is caught in arguments between her tradition-minded husband, Prince Philip, and her sons about modernizing the monarchy.