This conception of the role of royalty dates, specifically, to Prince Albert, who more or less set the blueprint of the royal as someone who sits on the boards of public-spirited & charitable groups to raise their profile & fundraising. The Great Exhibition of 1851 was the apex.https://twitter.com/BeijingPalmer/status/1380990035953119241 …
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Prince Albert's dilemma was that he was basically a workaholic in a do-nothing job - he had few hobbies and fewer friends - so he had to invent things that the Prince Consort could do as work.
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