Behind the glitz of the Sussexes lies a simple truth: our aristocracy is dead | Nick Cohen
by Nick Cohen from on (#5NWVM)
Credit the rebel royals with seeing where power now lies. Not with the old order
The Queen will be dead soon and with her will pass the last significant remnant of British feudalism. The future belongs to her grandson and his wife, who have judged the modern world with calculating eyes and placed the ultra-capitalist entertainment industry above old royal privilege.
They cannot stop emoting. If they did, it's not just that they would lose money as surely as a supermarket chain would lose if it closed its stores for a summer holiday. They would lose relevance. And as status is so intertwined with the business of making money in celebrity culture that you cannot separate the two, the loss would cut deeper.
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