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The media's obsession with the Royal Family has been weird since the 80's but has gotten ever weirder since. Strap in.

Oh and The Sun can COME FIGHT ME!

Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
3:40 Crafting a Narrative
14:53 Won't somebody please think of the children?
18:41 The People's Princess. The Press' Prey.
32:14 Family Feud
41:49 Piss Morgan
48:04 The man who couldn't sweat
52:39 Final thoughts
54:30 Subscription Pet Shoutout!

Videos mentioned:
Shaun: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiE2DLqJB8U
Philosophy Tube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2W7P3wGBI8
Mina Le: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SIk6uctfro
Khadija Mbowe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm_tKLfusrY

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Everett Kai
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SOURCES:
Cost & income inequality:
⚫https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/dec/19/children-living-in-temporary-homes-increased-by-75-in-a-decade
⚫https://www.statista.com/chart/18569/total-cost-of-the-uks-royal-family-by-year/

Cousins:
⚫https://www.distractify.com/p/is-royal-family-inbred
⚫https://medium.com/publishous/keeping-it-in-the-family-is-this-the-real-reason-the-royals-hate-meghan-ff0f4297c8af

Why we're obsessed with the royals:
⚫https://www.marieclaire.com/celebrity/a22896120/royal-family-obsession-scientific-explanation/

Royal rota:
⚫https://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/culture/culture-news/a30450632/meghan-harry-leave-royal-rota-media-system/
⚫https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-56326807

Diana:
⚫https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/princess-diana-death-tabloid-press-treatment-media-prince-charles-divorce-affairs-children-royal-monarchy-a7918581.html
⚫https://time.com/4914324/princess-diana-anniversary-paparazzi-tabloid-media/
⚫https://eu.usatoday.com/story/life/2017/08/27/diana-queen-of-the-media-she-loved-and-hated/541129001/
⚫https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/royals/readings/tabloids.html
⚫https://www.the-sun.com/lifestyle/35856/princess-diana-remembered-in-the-suns-historic-front-pages-22-years-on-from-her-death/
⚫https://news.gallup.com/poll/4345/gallup-polls-britain-us-record-public-reaction-dianas-death.aspx

Martin Bashir:
⚫https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000v4kq/panorama-princess-diana-martin-bashir-and-the-bbc
⚫https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2020/11/princess-diana-martin-bashir-interview
⚫https://www.npr.org/2021/05/23/999606363/martin-bashir-apologizes-but-denies-his-bbc-interview-harmed-princess-diana?t=1628004405298&t=1629838873785
⚫https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-power-and-paranoia-of-the-diana-interview
⚫https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-57189371
⚫https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocracyuk/entirely-avoidable-catastrophe-yet-another-bbc-crisis/

Meghan Markle:
⚫https://graziadaily.co.uk/celebrity/news/meghan-markle-breaking-royal-protocol/
⚫https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/meghan-markle-engagement-prince-harry-exposes-quiet-racism-n825516
⚫https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/articles-reports/2021/03/09/snap-poll-post-interview-harry-meghan
⚫https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ellievhall/meghan-markle-kate-middleton-double-standards-royal
⚫https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2020/01/meghan-markle-kate-middleton-royals-culture-war/604981/
⚫https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/politics/a35727663/meghan-markle-british-media-racism/
⚫https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a26265755/royal-family-meghan-markle-kate-middleton-social-media-trolls/

Piss Morgan:
⚫https://medium.com/illumination/a-statistical-breakdown-of-piers-morgans-obsession-with-meghan-markle-f38e270cf5c5
⚫https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2021/03/history-piers-morgan-comments-on-meghan-markle
⚫https://www.refinery29.com/en-gb/2021/03/10355665/piers-morgan-resigns-meghan-markle-relationship-history
⚫https://graziadaily.co.uk/life/in-the-news/piers-morgan-meghan-harry-trisha-goddard-oprah/
⚫https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2021/03/09/the-mass-humiliation-of-piers-morgan/?sh=31fc680a15ac