According to The Guardian:
We clearly crave royalty; we yearn for splendour and try to create it by worshipping quarterbacks, eating up stories about what Michelle Obama wore yesterday and crowning teenaged girls in long white gloves Peanut Princess or Watermelon Queen with a diamante tiara….
…here we are, acting for all the world like we never quite cut the emotional cord with Mummy Britain. We aren’t as immune to history as we think. We’re not immune to the power of myth, either. The birth of a future queen or king signifies the renewal of the nation, the return of spring, a fresh start…
To read the entire article in The Guardian, please click here.