For the British royal family, everyone has always felt that it has a hazy and sacred solemnity, and it also represents a symbol of British style and elegance, a place where etiquette, tradition and culture converge, which are all meanings and symbols given to it by people, and in fact, in addition to these, the British royal family has a deeper meaning!
Perhaps many people don't know that the existence of the British royal family is actually a family business, which relies on a series of public relations activities to pull a steady stream of economic dividends for the UK, just look at these data:
In 2011, Prince William and Kate's wedding added £1 billion to the UK's revenue;
In 2018, Harry and Meghan's wedding leveraged $667 million;
In 2012, Queen Elizabeth's 60th anniversary celebration brought £700 million to the UK
It can be said that the British royal family is like a "public relations agency" all over the world, and they can add economic momentum to their country with every move. This is the reason why the royal family is so valued and cared for by the British people!
However, Meghan, as the daughter-in-law of the royal family, quickly saw through this "disguise" of the royal family. After she left, she publicly compared the royal family to a "company", which was quite ruthless!
Although Meghan's statement made the royal family very embarrassed, but if you think about it carefully, royal insiders have already leaked similar clues to the outside world. It is said that since the time of George VI, members of the royal family have seen themselves internally as members of the "company".
In this way, everyone understands that the reason why the royal family makes a lot of money for the motherland is precisely because it is a "company" that strictly enforces the rules of business, and each member has his own role and responsibilities.
Among them, the most difficult thing to do is the position called "princess". After all, princesses are all acquired employees, not born to the bones, they are often kept in the dark from the beginning, naively thinking that this is a happy "family" job, but they do not know that the cold company rules have long been waiting for them to follow.
Take Diana, for example, this innocent and lovely girl suffered 15 years of "devastation and torture" after entering the royal family. She has always had beautiful fantasies about her role and looks forward to living a happy life. It's a pity that she was destined to be just an unqualified "employee", and was eventually ruthlessly abandoned by the "company" and sunk in the sand.
What's even more suffocating is that Diana will never go back to the past for the rest of her life after the divorce. Her two sons will become the weakness of her eternal life, and the love she talks about will end without a hitch, so she can only exhaust herself in a useless game of "playing". Until 1997, a car accident took her life, leaving many mysteries and suspicions.
and now Princess Kate. Compared to Diana, Kate has a clear understanding of the "role" she wants to play. From the moment she decided to marry William, she was "running for a promotion and a raise". In order to enter this "company", it can be said that it took painstaking efforts and patience for more than ten years to finally successfully "join".
After entering the royal family, Kate's performance was very good. Whether it is the external demeanor or the internal handling of the world, she can be called a first-class princess model. Not to mention, she also contributed three lovely "products" to the company. It stands to reason that she should have received a raise and promotion a long time ago.
However, after all, the company and the family are two different things! Even if it seems to be 100% love on the surface, there may not be workplace conflicts such as "husband and wife love robbery".
Sure enough, William also had a lover behind Kate's back. An originally happy "family" instantly fell into the quagmire of Diana and was in danger, and Kate suffered a double blow: not only was she mentally traumatized, but even the space for promotion was completely blocked.
Since last year, Kate has been deeply hidden, and last month she directly announced a shocking news: it turned out that Kate had cancer and was fighting to recover her health!
As you may have guessed, in an extremely high-pressure, competitive "company" environment, in the face of complex interpersonal relationships and heavy work tasks, her body and mind have long been overdrawn to the limit. The onset of cancer crushed the last straw for this "princess employee".
Some people may say that Meghan is smart, she has long seen all kinds of tricks of the royal family, so she chose to leave early and find another way.
Before this, a considerable number of people criticized Meghan, thinking that she abducted the prince, but now it seems that Meghan may have chosen to leave because of this last "honest man"? She understands that the royal family is just a business organization dressed in the beautiful cloak of "traditional culture" and "etiquette inheritance", and all the rules in it are set for the continuous operation of this "company". And Meghan just saw through the fig leaf of the company, so she chose to cut her love and go.
Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if this company is built on the most upright foundation, it is still a company after all. The survival and decline of a company is destined to be maintained by the hard work and sacrifice of countless employees.
It can be said that the reason why the British royal family has been able to stand so far, make a lot of money, and become a "powerful soft power" is precisely because too many "princess employees" like Diana and Kate have contributed too much to it. Not only did they lose their love and affection, but even their physical health and future were also on the line, and they lived in the shadows all their lives.
Therefore, the British royal family is actually a family business with a fig leaf. It looks glamorous, but in fact there are too many unspeakable secrets!