They’re trapped in a deal they can’t uphold, scrutinised by a nation of trolls who demand they live perfect, trouble-free lives, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams
The one thing we’ve learned from the Kate photo scandal? There’s no such thing as a fairytale lifeThey’re trapped in a deal they can’t uphold, scrutinised by a nation of trolls who demand they live perfect, trouble-free livesensington Palace, which remains in its private quarters the London residence of Prince William and Kate Middleton, currently has an exhibition in its public rooms of “”, a medley of royal servants.
That’s the deal with the monarchy; inequality needs two halves – a large number of lives debased and made menial to enable some shiny ones at the top. It would have made perfect sense when kings, having divine right, were a bridge between men and God, and a reasonable amount of sense in an age of greater deference, but these days it only makes sense if the spectacle of enormous wealth is itself somehow nourishing to the national psyche.
The relationship between the British press and the royals has been vexed for ages, observably since Meghxit but arguably since Diana. The deal was supposed to be this: the tabloid press would write fawningly about the core team, choose one or two hate figures whose privacy would be traduced and inner life relentlessly speculated upon, and the Firm would enable all that with tactical intel drops and the turning of a blind eye.
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