The interview took place in an undisclosed location in London in October, 2050.
There was nothing particularly remarkable about the view. Parliament was still there. The British flag still flew. The bells of Westminster still marked the hour. Tourists crowded the pavements, though only around the most famous tourist hot spots, and rather fewer than there had been twenty years before.
Britain remained a parliamentary democracy. Officially anyway.
There had been no coup, no revolution, no suspension of elections. No foreign army had occupied London. No explicit forced conversions, just a lot of conversions that seemed in people’s best interests. Blood had not run in the streets. The monarchy remained; Harry and Meghan were in their 60s now - Meghan had a cooking YouTube channel where she talked about racism, her fictionalized impoverished upbringing in Compton, and crowed about her shiny new $75,000 stove. The BBC remained, but they made sure that a high-ranking Muslim Imam was on every p…
