A completely medieval view of political legitimacy that has nothing to do with consent and everything to do with vassalage and divine right makes this perfectly OK.
Reading King Lear.
If Shakespeare has a view of politics I suspect this is it.
All of his blather about nature supports monarchy and aristocracy, more feudal than national.
And nothing in his plays about ancient republics contradicts.
Or maybe he just thinks it's all bullshit.
Which is understandable.
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