The Economist (US), July 31st, 1999
RABAT
King Mohammed has suggested that he would prefer to be a constitutional monarch. But he inherits a political system from his autocratic father that would make that difficult
AS THE gun-carriage carrying King Hassan emerged through the palace gates on to the streets of Rabat, the crowd surged through the barricades and stormed the cortege. The secret service formed a ring of last defence around Bill Clinton, but the less fearsomely defended French president, Jacques Chirac, got a jostling. For a country that prides itself on its security, the funeral--King Mohammed VI's first public e...
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