In 1989, I worked at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital in London.
Princess Di was visiting for some charity or something.
As a person from the US, (albeit married to an Englishman) when speaking with my workmates about the visit, I let my guard down and said something like, c’mon, royalty’s like make believe, ya know, like Santa.
SILENCE
I was very surprised that all of the MDs & PhDs I was working with BELIEVED ROYALS WERE… royal?
I remember as a then 19 year old Australian during the 2003 Rugby World Cup final with England beating Australia seeing footage of Harry dancing in the stands in an English jersey. From that date onwards, I always knew the monarchy were slobs like the rest of us.
I too am for ending our ties with the crown except for one thing. The treaties our Indigenous Peoples signed are with the crown. We at least need for these agreements to remain valid so that Indigenous Peoples can continue to fight for those treaties being fulfilled.
I do believe the parliamentary system we have is better than becoming a republic.
"...the idea of royalty will be reduced to a purely aesthetic concept". This may be true on the ideational level, such as brand and cultural symbolism. Yet, the article tells us nothing of the material holdings of the royal family, nor the adjacent British nobility, which owns 30% of British land and is a major rentier in the UK's economy. To protect their rents, they will likely have to hire more and more PR consultants as the decades go by. Along with the collaborators in the major British parties, they may well be able to keep their ill-gotten properties for many years to come.
Great piece. I loved Children of Men when I saw it and will now have to revisit. Thank you.
The bit about the royals no longer really being special once someone can leave the family is very true and very relevant given Andrew's recent firing.
In 1989, I worked at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital in London.
Princess Di was visiting for some charity or something.
As a person from the US, (albeit married to an Englishman) when speaking with my workmates about the visit, I let my guard down and said something like, c’mon, royalty’s like make believe, ya know, like Santa.
SILENCE
I was very surprised that all of the MDs & PhDs I was working with BELIEVED ROYALS WERE… royal?
Very strange.
I remember as a then 19 year old Australian during the 2003 Rugby World Cup final with England beating Australia seeing footage of Harry dancing in the stands in an English jersey. From that date onwards, I always knew the monarchy were slobs like the rest of us.
I too am for ending our ties with the crown except for one thing. The treaties our Indigenous Peoples signed are with the crown. We at least need for these agreements to remain valid so that Indigenous Peoples can continue to fight for those treaties being fulfilled.
I do believe the parliamentary system we have is better than becoming a republic.
"...the idea of royalty will be reduced to a purely aesthetic concept". This may be true on the ideational level, such as brand and cultural symbolism. Yet, the article tells us nothing of the material holdings of the royal family, nor the adjacent British nobility, which owns 30% of British land and is a major rentier in the UK's economy. To protect their rents, they will likely have to hire more and more PR consultants as the decades go by. Along with the collaborators in the major British parties, they may well be able to keep their ill-gotten properties for many years to come.
On behalf of the Mariners, go Dodgers!