Suspicion over the Kate Middleton legend threatens the royal household’s 28 billion company empire
You may not appreciate Kate Middleton, or have the ability to inform the Prince of Wales from Paddington Bear. For lots of Americans, the public-relations disaster that besieged the British royal household today hardly signs up as a scandal. Here's a case for caring about the travails of the Windsor clan-- aside from being one of the most effective monarchies in the industrialized world, the Windsors' empire is worth $28 billion. And the general public outcry today over how they managed a severely photoshopped image together with the disappearance of their most popular member is revealing the fractures in the household's once-impenetrable exterior.
The Photoshop ordeal is simply the most recent in a series of flubs that have actually resulted in a popular skepticism with royal media and...