Rule Britannia, Britannia Rule No More: The Downfall Of Britain’s Royal Family

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Even outside the question of Meghan’s race motivating the backlash against her, it has always been obvious how the crown feels about foreigners. We’re not welcome: our love is not requited. Even though I identified with the White British settlers that build my country, learning the history of their actions towards my people was like whiplash. If one looks across the glittering façade of romanticised British occupation, a long history of subjugation and cruelty is uncovered—a history that, despite the feeling of camaraderie and love for our countries, cannot be ignored.

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Yet for the first time, we are able to see truly the machinations of the crown that rejects us so strongly. Meghan’s exit, although heartbreaking, has allowed us to see through a microscope exactly how the Crown and the firm that runs it operates. Even though we know that we are not welcome, we can now see closer into the establishment than ever before. What was once an unattainable empire is becoming more and more a celebrity family through the live-tweeting of their family squabbles. Continuing on this path will eventually wear down the illustriousness of the Royal Family—meaning that soon, it won’t matter whether they accept or reject us. The re-characterisation of the Royal Family as a normal family, with normal family issues means that they no longer have the hold of moral or historical greatness over the general population. They exist purely as another celebrity family, with replaceable fame.

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This, of course, means that eventually, we will have to stop worshipping the Royal family and find a new ideal. Can we perhaps, begin to look into ourselves as the epitome of success? I’m excited for the day when prestige and exclusivity will no longer mean anything in post-colonial societies. Finally, we will be able to be what we have always dreamed of: strong societies, content in ourselves and in the histories that brought us here. The end of the Royal family will perhaps be the end of an era, but it will also be the beginning of a new order for the formerly colonized countries of the Commonwealth: that of self-reliance, unity in identity, and a releasing of the colonial shackles that still hold us.