… a recent Hilary Mantel speech that contemplated what monarchy and public institutions like it do to actual human beings. …And she points out something very obvious, though usually forgotten: the constant public viewing of a royal has to be a dehumanizing, even depleting, experience from the other side of the looking glass. It becomes both the most extreme form of celebrity, but still has to be scandal-free to survive. Those dead eyes in the new and genuinely awful portrait of Middleton (see above) are dead for a reason: self-protection.
Meh. I'm sure being royally has its own set of fucked-up shit. And in the spirt of "no matter how hot a chick is, some guy, somewhere, is sick of her shit", it's all a matter of perspective. But I'm pretty sure there's more than a few people who would trade their own problems for those of royalty.
AND, of course, it gives me an excuse to direct you to the single greatest day of blogging ever. You're welcome, Earth.
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