Still, why is it so hard for some people to see that the monarchy is rotten to the core? One reason might be its castration. After Charles I was executed in 1689 for being a “tyrant, traitor, murderer and public enemy to the Commonwealth of England,” a series of events too complicated to delve into led to the Glorious Revolution, which eventually enshrined, within the British constitution, the contemporary form of monarchy we see today: glamorous figureheads stripped of real power. Modern royals are fetishized, worshipped, adored… but they do not control us. That lack of direct control makes it easier for people to see “The Firm” as relatively harmless. Queen Elizabeth doesn’t declare war or sue for peace; she doesn’t pass laws or repeal them. She doesn’t even give explicit political opinions on... anything. The royals are neutral in every way, their personalities and prejudices only coming out through the parasocial relationships we establish with them through the British media — a lot of which runs on racism and sexism. Some sections of that media will run themselves in circles trying to defend that very palace: Piers Morgan, host of popular breakfast show Good Morning Britain, even ended up parting ways with his employer ITV today after he accused Meghan Markle of being a liar and prompted over 41,000 complaints from the public. Even though the British monarch does not control the people of the UK or the Commonwealth, what they represent still matters. Their purpose is to provide the glamor that keeps us from confronting what lies underneath: a racist, colonialist attitude and rising nationalism. That’s why it’s still not enough to be an anti-royalist. We must strive to be anti-imperialist, understanding that even if we tore down the British monarchy, imperialism thrives in different iterations. Meghan and Harry don’t seem to have any interest in dismantling the monarchy. They simply want to be treated well by their family. But we don’t need them to be radicalized for us to use this moment to question everything we thought we knew about this elitist system. And by doing so, we can work towards demanding a more just world. And a just world cannot exist with a monarchy. They’re incompatible. FREE ROBUX FREE ROBUX GENERATOR FREE ROBUX CODES ROBLOX FREE ROBUX FREE ROBUX GENERATOR APP 2021 That Oprah interview shocked and saddened so many of us. But we need to understand that this is not merely a Windsor problem. The racism and cruelty that the Windsors allegedly deployed against Meghan is an inherent feature of this arcane institution, and it has no place in the world we want to create.