A Royal Pain: The Case for Coming Together—to Ignore Monarchy Headlines

Royalty are the most private lives performed on the most public stages, yet the sense of belonging they promise is found between those two extremes.

George Cruikshank

British royalty have been in the center of a recent media storm: the BBC rendered the 10 days of national grieving after Queen Elizabeth’s passing into a worldwide media event, and now Prince Harry’s book tour is breaking the silence and with it book sales records. 

What should one make of such nonstop coverage? 

Not much. 

Here is why I …