Kate Middleton may be past cancer, but her public presence will likely never be the same: royal family expert

There is a strong argument to be made that the royal family has always been in the entertainment business.

What is a politically toothless monarchy after all, having centuries ago relinquished any real power so they could spend their days ogling orange sellers and collecting horses and jetting off to Mustique to hollowly sip whiskey if not a very elaborate bit of state theatre?

In 2021, Kate, the Princess of Wales formalized this connection between Crown Inc. and show biz when she staged, for the very first time, a Christmas carol concert at Westminster Abbey, which has