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• Andrew (Prince) 60, 238
• aphasia 237
• aristocracy see elites and elitism
• Australia 54–7 passim

• BBC see television
• body politic, the 103–5, 108
• Brexit 31, 44, 114, 118, 141, 173, 189, 195, 199–200, 201, 214
• British constitution, the 31, 45
• British Cultural Studies 4, 15–16, 92
  • see also Hall, Stuart
• British Empire, the 13, 52–7 passim, 99, 139, 140, 199, 215
  • language of 48
  • see also colonialism; imperialism; postcolonialism; post-imperialism
• British Vogue 206–7
• broadcasters 35–7, 38
• Buckingham Palace
  • as an institution 2
  • heating of 44
  • ‘Reservicing’ of 43

• Canada 56, 57
• capitalism and capital 3, 4, 6, 9–14 passim, 27, 47, 52, 120
  • agrarian 131–2
  • disaster 154
  • diversity 203–4, 205, 208, 210
  • emotional 162
  • late 10
  • neoliberal 6, 8, 44, 59, 118, 132, 138, 157, 158, 159, 162, 170–1, 174
  • racial 13, 204–5
  • rentier 14, 121
  • surveillance 154
  • see also philanthrocapitalism
• celebrities and celebrity culture 17, 54, 82 passim, 225, 231, 232, 233
• Charles (Prince) 2, 60, 75–6, 115 passim, 142, 234
  • and architecture 121–2, 130, 132–4
  • his ‘fantasy past’ 126, 129 passim
  • ordinariness of 129
  • see also Duchy of Cornwall, the; Poundbury
• Charlotte (Princess) see royal children, the
• Civil List, the 42–3
• class 41, 77–8, 81, 115, 124, 137, 152–3, 162, 181–2
  • prejudice 49
  • subservience 40, 41
  • see also elites and elitism; inequality and inequalities; Markle, Meghan; middle class, the; Middleton, Kate; ‘new man’ and ‘new lad’; social hierarchy; social mobility
• colonialism 13, 30, 52–5 passim, 141–2, 154, 197, 205, 208, 215, 221
  • decolonisation 53
  • see also British Empire, the; imperialism; postcolonialism
• Commonwealth, the 53 passim, 69
  • Charter 53–4
  • Enterprise and Investment Council 55
• consent for the monarchy 4, 16, 18, 28, 49, 54, 57, 78, 92, 166, 181, 224, 227, 237
• context collapse 77, 79, 80, 86, 90, 168, 233
• corporations 30, 31, 53
  • corporate businessperson 35–7
  • corporation tax 12–13
• Couldry, Nick 71–2, 74, 86
• COVID-19 pandemic 189–90, 191
• Country Life 7, 130
• Crown, the 30, 42, 45, 46, 57
• Crown, The (Netflix drama) 80, 81
• Crown Estate, the 46–7

• Daily Express, the 3, 72, 152, 222
• Daily Mail, the 177, 180, 183, 200, 212, 213, 217, 223, 226, 233
• Daily Mirror, the 8, 9, 33, 85
  • Sunday Mirror, the 201
• Daily Telegraph, the 93–4, 98, 99–100, 105, 109, 152, 180, 200
• Diana (Princess) 83–4, 163–4, 183, 188, 190, 208, 230–1
  • her funeral 165
• diversity, inclusion, and difference 33–4, 204–16 passim
  • diversity work 208–9
  • racial diversity 34
  • see also othering and the other; racism and race
• Duchy of Cornwall, the 2, 43–6 passim, 118, 119 passim, 138
  • as a business 119–20
• Duchy of Lancaster, the 1, 2, 43, 46
• Duke of Westminster, the 6
• Durkheim, Emile 70

• Edward VIII 82
• elites and elitism 6, 8–9, 15, 27, 33, 34–7, 40, 159–60, 177, 233–4
  • aristocracy 6–7, 27, 39–40, 101, 110, 115, 132, 238
  • mercantile 27
  • schools 34
  • woke liberal 200, 201
• Elizabeth I 63, 64, 215
• Elizabeth II 8–9, 46, 93–5
  • Christmas message of 75
  • coronation of 66–71, 72, 74
  • death of, plans for 90–1
  • her ‘annus horribilis’ 12, 182
  • Household of 32
  • monstrosity of see monarchy, the
  • ordinariness of 95
  • personal wealth of 43
  • ‘Queen's consent’ 14, 31, 46, 120, 234–5
  • representations of 95 passim
• embedded journalism 155–6
• enclosure 115, 131–2

• Facebook 88, 124
• family and families 5, 11, 15, 25, 96, 100, 173, 214–15
  • commercialisation of 27
  • firms 11, 27, 170, 173, 184
  • nuclear heteronormative 28, 169, 171, 174, 180, 183
  • values 26, 169–70, 174, 189
• femininities 170–1, 177, 206, 217–19 passim
  • see also Markle, Meghan; Middleton, Kate
• feminism and feminist 17, 22, 97, 157, 170–2, 173, 194–7 passim, 211, 221
  • Marxist feminism 173
• figurative methodology 17–18
• Financial Times, the 43
• Firm, the 4, 5, 11–12, 18, 23 passim, 61, 144, 163, 167, 171, 180, 183, 197, 202, 209–10, 214, 215, 224–5, 227, 235
  • affected by COVID-19 pandemic 89, 112–13
  • Family Firm, the 5, 18, 25, 169–70, 180, 228, 236
  • as a global business empire/corporation 13, 203
  • and multiculturalism 202–3
  • and racism and sexism 33–4, 197
  • reproduction of 186, 188, 192, 195, 203, 221, 232
  • as soap opera 78–9, 80
  • tax exemption 13, 45, 119
  • visibility and invisibility of 65, 72, 74, 77, 80, 81, 83, 89, 223, 225, 233, 236
• Foucault, Michel 65

• gender 33, 34, 39, 160, 170–1, 174, 188–94 passim, 200, 201, 217
• George VI 23–5
• George (Prince) see royal children, the
• grants-in-aid 42, 43
• Grenfell Tower 8–9, 11, 13, 207
• Guardian, the 2, 3, 14, 31, 46, 47, 120–1, 138, 156, 195, 210, 222, 224, 226

• Hall, Stuart 15–16, 52, 71, 216
  • see also British Cultural Studies
• Harry (Prince) 3, 145 passim, 196–7, 222 passim
  • and Barack Obama 160–1
  • and Diana 161 passim
  • as a ‘lad’ 149, 152–3
  • marriage to Meghan 88–9, 194–9 passim, 213–14
  • as ‘ordinary’ royal figure 148–9, 153, 164, 166
  • resignation of (with Meghan) 166–7, 197, 209
  • see also Invictus Games, the; Markle, Meghan
• Heads Together (charity) 159, 162, 163
  • see also Royal Foundation, the
• Hobbes, Thomas 103–5, 107
• honours system, the 2, 48–9

• identity politics 200
• immigrants and refugees 200, 201
• imperialism 13, 48–9, 54, 140, 197, 215, 221
  • see also British Empire, the; colonialism
• inclusion see diversity, inclusion and difference
• Independent, the 34, 143, 156
• inequality and inequalities 4–10 passim, 13, 59, 159–60, 171, 202, 238
  • see also class; gender; racism and race
• influencers 224, 225
• Instagram 89, 124, 168, 173–4, 177, 183, 191, 202, 225
• Invictus Games, the 145, 148, 157–60
  • see also Harry (Prince)
• It's a Royal Knockout (BBC charity event) 79–80

• James I 102–8 passim

• keeping-while-giving 10–13 passim, 47–51 passim, 227

• Ladies-in-Waiting 39
• landownership 6–7, 42, 115 passim, 131
• landscape 108–10 passim, 132
• Leviathan 103–7 passim
• Louis (Prince) see royal children, the

• Margaret (Princess) 73, 82–3
• Markle, Meghan 3, 175, 178, 188, 193, 194 passim, 222 passim
  • as ‘acceptable face’ of diversity 213
  • feminism of 3, 22, 194, 197, 206, 211, 217–18, 221
  • her mother Doria 218
  • Kate versus Meghan 201
  • marriage to Harry 88–9, 194–9 passim, 213–14
  • ‘Megxit’ 195, 198 passim
  • resignation of (with Harry) 166–7, 197, 209
  • as a royal figure 195, 199
  • in South Africa 207–8
  • voice(lessness) of 198, 206, 232
  • see also class; femininities; feminism; Harry (Prince); racism and race
• Marx and Marxism 41, 120
  • Marxist class inequality 8, 10
  • Marxist feminism 173
• masculinities 160–7 passim
  • primitive masculinity 150
  • see also Harry (Prince); Invictus Games, the; military, the
• media event(s) 69, 71
• media representations of the royals 41, 57, 63 passim
• mediated centre, the 71–2, 87, 88
• mediation(s) 71, 72
• meritocracy 180, 203, 213, 216–17
  • myth of 181
• middle class, the 28, 124, 133, 143, 170, 172–3
  • family 169
  • see also class
• Middleton, Kate 170–1, 174 passim, 195
  • as Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge 184, 185
  • as a commoner 184
  • Kate versus Meghan 201
  • marriage to Prince William 87–8, 188
  • meaning of 175–6
  • as a mother 187
  • ordinariness of 179, 187
  • see also class; femininities; gender
• military, the 35–7, 38, 149, 151–4
  • ‘militainment’ 155
  • military-industrial complex 154–7 passim
  • soldier figure, the 147–8
  • see also Invictus Games, the; Harry (Prince); warfare; War on Terror, the
• monarchy, the 4–7 passim, 14–17 passim, 74, 77, 86, 101, 143, 151, 165–6, 235
  • access to 64, 66, 70, 74
  • apoliticism, mythology of 14–15
  • banal monarchism 95
  • as a brand 29–30, 46, 48, 226
  • as a corporate business 12, 29–31
  • criticism of 3, 12
  • cultural ‘value’ of 11
  • ‘frontstage’ and ‘backstage’ of 4, 16, 23 passim, 52, 171, 192, 238
  • hierarchical relationship to 56, 74, 81
  • keeping-while-giving, form of 11, 227
  • monarchical privileges 31
  • monstrosity of 107, 111, 114
  • as an ‘ordinary’ family 26, 129
  • payment of income tax 12, 119
  • as performance and representation 67, 156
  • and philanthropy 156–7
  • see also consent for the monarchy; Firm, the; royal family, the

• neoliberalism see capitalism and capital
• ‘new man’ and ‘new lad’ 149–50
• newspapers and magazines see their individual titles
• New York Times, the 196–9 passim

• Obama, Barack 211, 219
• Observer, the 66, 70
• ordinariness 15, 19, 25–8 passim, 73, 86, 95, 116, 145, 148–9, 179, 180, 187
• Osman, Sally 36–9 passim, 78
• othering and the other 208, 209, 227, 233
  • see also racism and race

• paparazzi see photographs and photography
• Paradise Papers, the 1, 2, 9, 12
• pastoralism and pastoral nostalgia 130–41 passim
  • and race 141
• philanthrocapitalism 11, 144, 158–60
• philanthropy 50, 147, 156 passim
• Philip (Prince) 214
• Phillips, Peter (the Queen's grandson) 58
• photographs and photography 64, 93, 95, 129, 145, 153, 156, 168–9, 176–7, 179, 183–4, 191, 202
  • tabloid photographers/paparazzi 82, 84, 178
• postcolonialism 140–2, 197
• post-imperialism 203
• post-racialism 203–4, 210–18 passim
• Poundbury 116 passim
  • affordable/social housing in 136–8
  • and children 125
  • as a façade 126–7
  • as a ‘model village’ 124
  • Poundbury Code, the 124–5
  • and race 141
• pressure cooker agreement, the 84–5
• Private Secretary (the Sovereign's) 39
• Privy Council, the 31
• Privy Purse, the 43

• Queen, the see Elizabeth II
• Queen, The (2006 film) 80

• racism and race 33–4, 141–2, 196, 200, 201, 209–13 passim
  • institutional 13
  • racial transcendence 219
  • see also diversity, inclusion, and difference; inequality and inequalities; othering and the other; whiteness
• Reid (Sir) Alan 2, 36
• Republican movement 12
  • Republic 43, 44–5, 120
  • republicanism 57
• respectability 218
• Royal Charters 30, 52, 215
• royal children, the 168, 188, 191
• Royal Communications office 39
• royal family, the 3, 4, 5, 26, 197
  • as a brand 224
  • as celebrities 85–6
  • ‘duties’ of 49
  • ‘ordinariness’ of 25, 180
  • ‘value’ to British society 47, 234
  • whiteness of 197–8
• Royal Family (1969 documentary film) 75–7, 89, 191
• royal figures 17–18, 60, 143, 166, 195, 224, 232–3, 235–6
  • ‘ordinariness’ of 19, 73, 145
  • representations of 17, 18, 198
  • see also individual members of the royal family
• Royal Foundation, the 50
• Royal Households 32, 35–8
• Royal Rota System, the 85, 229, 230
• royal staff 185
  • ‘domestic’ 31–4, 40, 184
  • organisation of 32
  • senior members 34–7, 40
• Royal Warrants 48
• royal visits and patronages 49–51, 232
• royal work 49, 60, 89, 151, 165–7, 206–8, 221, 222, 232–3
  • see also Firm, the; philanthropy; royal family, the; royal figures; royal visits and patronages; Royal Foundation, the
• ruralism see pastoralism

• Scotland 93, 109
  • Highland Clearances, the 109–10, 111
  • Independence Referendum, the 93, 95, 97–100
• sexism 149, 196
  • misogynoir 196, 209
  • systemic misogyny 171
• slavery 52–3
• social engineering 124–5
• social hierarchy 5, 50, 124, 125
  • see also class; elites and elitism
• social media 77, 87 passim, 173
  • see also individual platforms
• social mobility 6, 59
  • see also meritocracy
• soldiers see military
• Sovereign Grant, the 43–5 passim
• Sun, the 3, 153, 162–3, 209, 224
• Sussex Royal 50, 58, 222, 226
  • Archewell (its successor) 222–3
• symbolic value 48–52 passim

• tabloids and tabloid culture 82 passim, 209, 230
  • see also Daily Express, the; Daily Mail, the; Daily Mirror, the; Sun, the
• Tatler 7, 223
• television 66–70, 72–3, 75 passim
  • BBC 68–9, 185, 214
    • Reith, John (first director-general) 69
  • reality television 77
  • soap opera 78
• Times, The 74
• tourism 52
• Trump, Donald, and his family 28, 160, 174, 201, 210
• Twitter and tweets 88, 124, 161, 196, 201, 219

• UK–US relationship 199

• Victoria (Queen) 28, 54, 63–4, 82, 96, 112, 156, 215–16

• warfare 145 passim, 152, 157
  • corporate 145, 146, 154, 155
  • and masculinity 152
  • see also military; War on Terror, the
• Warner, Michael 72, 73
• War on Terror, the 145–7 passim, 153–7 passim
• whiteness 33, 34, 141, 188, 197–8, 204, 208–9, 214–19 passim, 221
• William (Prince) 117, 160, 237
  • and Diana 161
  • marriage to Kate Middleton 87–8, 188

• Zoom 89