He would doubtless have relished the paradox that such an urbane, cosmopolitan figure is now the front for a regime that in essence owes its power to a feudal monarchy.

• 而他本人也肯定品尝到了一种自相矛盾的事实，即这样一位彬彬有礼而无狭隘偏见的人物现在却领导着一个权力实质上来源于封建君主制的政权。