I was talking about my experience of people around the world in response to the 'we are the envy of the world' attitude. Yes, they are box office, but I don't think the royals themselves or the institutions are particularly respected. In my opinion like.
I thought you said they were the envy of the world? In my experience they most certainly aren't. Just a posh soap opera for people who like that kind of thing.
This is just not true. People are fascinated in them in a gossipy, hello magazine way and that's about it. And that's the people who are interested in gossip. The others, could not care less.