"Spare" beats the press at its own game: excellent review of the book & US culture...

[Dorian Gray]

101. The monarchy is stupid

people who make heroes out of them, especially americans, are weird. I get royal watching bc you like the gossip and the fashion... to a certain extent, but don't make heroes out of any of those people. (That's mostly true of anybody, celebrity, politician, or anybody else of fame.)

Harry and Meghan are a good example. People either LOVE THEM OR HATE THEM! There is no middle ground. They're not heroes. They're messy. Bad planners. hard to work for. But they also are human beings with love for one another. They have every right to leave the family and tell their story.

The vitriol they receive makes no sense to me, just as the avid hero worship some others give them makes no sense to me.

Same with William and Kate.

Nobody has to be the villain or the hero. They're just all people. Flawed, warts and all.