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A naive American actress, a disgruntled prince, and a few chickens aren’t going to bring down a 1,200-year-old institution, but what has boiled to the surface is a conversation concerning the modern purpose of the monarchy.
Throwing the proverbial baby out with the proverbial bathwater is a short- term, knee-jerk reaction. Any institution is only as good as its people. That fact might be the current monarchy’s problem.
If every royal were like the Queen, there wouldn’t be a problem, but the Queen won’t be around forever. How to you follow an act like Queen Elizabeth? Many might not want to. Sequels don’t always work, and that could be the insurmountable obstacle.
DUCHESS OF SUSSEX Meghan Markle
Many points of history converged, as if to take their turns repeating themselves, for two hours on March 7 when to release pent-up emotions? To air grievances? To exact revenge? To titillate an audience of millions? To secure their place in the public eye after having stepped down from their royal duties? Who knows? Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, with Prince Harry on her side, spoke to Oprah Winfrey in a CBS exclusive about life at Buckingham Palace.
Suicidal, a loaded word, both in its implicit meaning and in the way that word is wielded now, in this time when mental health struggles, in both men and women, in both the young and the old, are the new damsel in distress, the worthiest of attention and sympathy and rescuing, is the word that the international press picked up the most from the 120-minute interview. Uncannily enough, the word didn’t exactly come from Meghan’s mouth. You could say Oprah put it there, with questions like “We
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Security costs for the Royal Family are one of the few royal expenses that are wholly taxpayer-funded. Queen Elizabeth II, who personally holds a massive portfolio of British real estate, pays for her car, her dresses and her Scottish summer retreat. But the cost of keeping her safe is funded entirely by the Home Office when sheâs in the U.K., and by foreign governments when sheâs on state visits. Two members of Prince Philipâs security detail pictured last month outside King Edward VIIâs Hospital in London where he had been admitted. Photo by Glyn Kirk/AFP/Getty Images
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