The revelations last week that Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie have been living rent-free for two decades in grace-and-favour homes in royal palaces have drawn considerable outrage.
Understandably so: they are not working royals, and both have independent careers as well as private homes with their partners.
Nevertheless, there was a time when such cosy arrangements (together with the news that their father was sub-letting homes on the Royal Lodge estate) would have attracted little criticism.
The fact that they have not only been exposed but also roundly condemned is telling of the precarious position the monarchy now finds itself in.
For me, the notion
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