LETTER FROM THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
obsession with royalty predates the social media phenomenon that crowns Instagram superheroes with instant stardom. The lure of the blue-blooded is more enduringly compelling—their opulent lifestyles and extravagant lives, an easy route to transcend the mundane. Royals have infiltrated our collective consciousness so insidiously that it comes as no surprise when Netflix announces that 73 documenting the life of Elizabeth II, since the series first streamed in 2016.
