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Thanks for such a thoughtful comment, Karen.
You got me wondering how the “whomp” factor might relate to the role of royals. Are they just the upper levels of Downton Abbey, there to entertain the rest of us?
Tentative thoughts: the monarchy began as a working monarchy, with kings and the occasional queen actually ruling. Once more “populist” (representative?) forms of government began making headway, the monarchy — certainly after Victoria — was increasingly forced to reinvent itself and its role. Maybe that’s the problem today. Either still more reinvention is needed — or, as many feel, the whole institution is now outmoded.
I rather like it — but that’s from a distance, as an American, and a lover of occasional pomp and pageantry.
(And an observer of the excesses and vulgarities of “pseudo royalty,” as we have here.)