Monday, May 16, 2022

More royal-watching? Yes, but I do have a point

I was mistaken in writing recently that Canada is entirely absent from Tina Brown's Palace Papers, a compendium about absolutely everything significant about the British royal family in the last half century. Actually, Canada does get a complete sentence in a section mostly about media obsession with the royals. For Harry and Meghan, she writes:

Toronto... was a magic bubble made possible by the generally low-key Canadians, who tend to leave celebrities alone and provided the couple with privacy in their walks through Toronto's Trinity Bellwoods Park.

This is maybe more significant than Brown sees. She is confirming (without seeing) that, while the technicalities may take some time, Canada has already abolished the monarchy in effect. The British royals just are not that interesting to most of us any more. Canadian stories and the royal story just don't coincide.

Some royals are dropping in this week. How much bigger will their crowds be than Harry and Meghan's?

 
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