After the first world war the aristocracy knew their cards were marked, after the second they went to ground because ordinary people had made a huge blood sacrifice for the nation. The welfare state and NHS were formed and the old order was broken. Deference to "our betters" didn't cut it anymore, but the royal family came through, because tradition, and because the queen mother visited the east end once during wartime.
The history doesn't disappear if the royals do. Personally I think it should have been cancelled once the queen died. A fitting final season to the saga. Now it's just a soap opera funded by a nation suffering hardship. An heir to the throne has been pushed out effectively because he introduced non-white blood to the family, another is an entitled sex offender, and the King sits on huge swathes of land and reaps enormous financial benefits, aside from the money given directly from the public purse. They no longer "serve" us.
One last point on the aristocracy and hereditary power. They didn't go away, they just hid. I watched an enlightening clip in the documentary series Shifty by Adam Curtis (highly recommended). Diana, who I assume from her appearance was a princess by this point, was filmed in a candid moment at some kind of gathering. She's outside of the building looking in at a party, by some doors that appear to be locked. Some of the guests, one woman in particular, see her and chose to simply turn away from her predicament. She looks crestfallen. They ignored the future queen of England, presumably because they, as many in that echelon of society, did not consider her highly enough, she was of lower stock.
(I looked for the clip but couldn't find it)
Mat B
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