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The work ethic is fading among millennials. That applies to royals too | Gaby Hinsliff

Prince Harry is entitled to question his role in life – but he shouldn’t be surprised if sympathy is limited
‘The daily intrusion into the princes’ private lives is the price now paid for privilege; it didn’t apply in the same way to a previous generation of royal babies.’ Photograph: Richard Heathcote/Getty Images

Once upon a time, brother would happily have murdered brother to wear the crown. Families were ripped asunder in pursuit of it, pretenders to the throne routinely met grisly ends, and even marrying into the proximity of royalty could be lethal.

How puzzled Prince Harry’s ancestors would be, then, by the he has just given in America explaining that nobody really wants to be king any more. The royals are, he explained, only still in business now “for the greater good of the people”, not because they actually enjoy the gig. “Is there any one of the royal family who wants to be king or queen? I don’t

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