As diversions go, the recent royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton was pleasant enough. Two seemingly nice, bright young people were married amid monarchial pomp, circumstance and weird hats. “Upstairs, Downstairs” on ‘roids.
But what we were truly witnessing was more than quaint, time-warp spectacle. It was also a look inside a truly parallel universe. Where else could someone be born to parents who became rich, live on a lush estate, attend the priciest, most prestigious schools–and be a “commoner”?