I support your sentiment - I don’t fully agree, but I totally get it and think it’s valid - but I would ask this: aren’t most non-monarchical elites (American and otherwise) the product of a corrupt and exploitative system? Anyone who benefits from inherited wealth or whose family has a legacy of significant property…

They’re celebrities, and Jezebel writes articles about celebrities. In this case they are good looking celebrities with adorable kids. I see no harm here.

The UK has its official symbolic dynasty. In the absence of one, the US seems to crave such dynasties in business and politics: it is expected and even encouraged that the children, siblings and spouses of the powerful should themselves seek that power in turn. Kennedys, Bushes, Clintons...Americans seems to love…

Exactly: it’s a form of escapism. As much as the Royal family is the legacy of a generally awful institution, Diana somehow managed to pretty much single-handedly redefine their role into one of cultural leadership.

A constitutional monarchy is more or less a figurehead. Yes, the elected Prime Minister must formally obtain the Queen’s consent to form a government. Would she ever withold that consent? Don’t think so.

I’m British and I love my country. The Monarchy is a symbol and the living embodiment of our country as much as our many flags are.

It’s a thing, for sure. Take the kardashians for example. Made wealthy by Americans, hated by Americans and yet people still comment on the articles, only to spew hatred. When I honestly don’t like something or someone I just don’t click on the article.

I think we should have a “People I pretend I don’t give shit about, yet still comment on” category, don’t you think?

But what legitimacy do they actually have? They are basically goodwill ambassadors with no actual political power. Plus past monarchs exploited and stole from other cultures, but the newest generation just happened to win the genetic lottery by being born to the right family. They are lucky not guilty. Plus they…

I dunno..... I am not really a royals fan, but I *am* a fan of adorable kids and quite frankly, after all that’s been going on and Trump, I needed a good smile.

The royals actually bring in a lot of money to the UK, and they don’t have any actual political power. They are just goodwill ambassadors at this point. So, it kind of has died?

We all have wealth compared to somebody. Just about everybody posting on this site was born into a position that affords them more wealth than people in, say, Malawi. Being born a royal carries a whole lot of duty and responsibility, unlike other possessors of inherited wealth such as Donald Trump, Paris Hilton or any…

I don’t understand how it’s reaching when the belief that monarchies are outdated is a very widely-held one. The royal family doesn’t even hold true power anymore, so the continuation of the title and of the noble English/European class is really just in place to keep very rich people very rich in perpetuity by…

I agree with you. What’s the harm in watching a video of a little girl at a party? I do wonder how the Royal Family functions in the modern world, given they have no real power. Are they just kind of good will ambassadors for the UK?

If Jezebel stopped covering anything that started out under oppression, they would have nothing to write about. Literally nothing.

I don’t know if I disagree with you. Henry the 8th anyone? I just feel like the current family is different, and I don’t see any anti feminist behavior. I’m just trying to understand why Jezebel shouldn’t post pictures of the royals?

As a Canadian, I care a ton about the royals. Why? because without the monarchy, we’d all be french. For that simple reason alone, they deserve my attention even if they are nothing more than figure heads these days.

A lot of us feminists have kids, and we like seeing other people’s adorable kids.

EYEROLL God can’t we just enjoy them? Not everything is an injustice. #sojezebel #thisiswhypeoplehateus

For me, it’s a social/cultural fascination. It’s quite interesting how firm of a grip the country has maintained on that family, even so long after the monarchy shifted to an entirely non-political role. I mean, we all have our “thing,” right?