No one would suggest that people who live in palaces, have their faces on currency, or get encouraging texts from Beyoncé are just like you and me. But the British royal family is nevertheless the world's biggest, strangest mirror, always reflecting back something in ourselves when we can't seem to stop looking at them. They are our most prominent embodiment of sibling rivalry, of disgraced uncles, of emotionally distant parents, of grief, of racism, of colonialism, of class, of upholding the family business and of striking out on your own.
Theirs was the family drama to put "Succession" to shame.
