Hazell, Robert;
(2023)
Harry and Meghan Shine a Light on Monarchy, and its Demands.
Political Quarterly
, 94
(1)
pp. 133-137.
10.1111/1467-923X.13230.
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Abstract
The Netflix documentary Harry and Meghan conveys the impression that they have been uniquely victimised. But the difficulties they have faced are shared by all the royal families of Europe. It is monarchy which is unique, in the extraordinary demands which it makes of close members of the royal family. They lack freedoms which ordinary citizens take for granted: privacy; free choice of career; freedom of speech; freedom to marry whom they like; freedom of religion; and freedom to travel. It is not surprising if individual royals wish to escape the gilded cage. But as Harry and Meghan have shown, opting out is easier said than done.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Harry and Meghan Shine a Light on Monarchy, and its Demands |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1111/1467-923X.13230 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-923X.13230 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | monarchy, privacy, lack of freedoms, size of royal family |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Dept of Political Science |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10165726 |
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