“Where Is Kate Middleton?” yet another headline blared on Monday.
But the frenzy around Catherine, Princess of Wales, raises important questions that go well beyond the usual concerns of royal watchers.
On the surface, the controversy over Catherine’s photo and her absence may have nothing to do with Meghan.
Their supposed rivalry has been manipulated for years now to generate nostalgia for social hierarchies of an idealized past.
In modern Britain, royalty has played a similar role of entertainment and distraction — a role that persisted during the country’s post-Brexit decline.
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