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    Nicholas Goldberg: The real reason Americans love royalty

    by Nicholas Goldberg, Los Angeles Times Sep 16, 2022 3 minutes
    Prince William, Prince of Wales, Sophie, Countess of Wessex, Catherine, Princess of Wales, Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex walk as procession with the coffin of Britain's Queen Elizabeth arrives at Westminster Hall from Buckingham Palace for her lying in state on Sept. 14, 2022 in London, United Kingdom. Queen Elizabeth II's coffin is taken in procession...

    I am American, a citizen of a country that long ago rejected monarchs and sovereigns. I have never lived under a king or a queen, and it's difficult for me to understand why the British persist in doing so in the modern world. It seems anachronistic, inegalitarian — and oddly stiff and starchy to boot.

    I'm sorry to say it while the late Queen Elizabeth is lying in state, but if the crown were to be tossed aside and the House of Windsor were to sink into the muck tomorrow, it would not bother me at all.

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