"It's almost a responsibility for all the people of the United Kingdom, regardless of race, color or creed, and an understanding that you have an individual connection with each and every one"
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Duty is the monarchy's favorite alibi, and Prince Andrew leans hard on it here, dressing personal proximity up as public service. "Almost a responsibility" is a careful hedge: it gestures at moral obligation without fully owning it, the sort of soft-edged phrasing that lets the speaker sound principled while staying insulated from measurable commitments. The sentence offers inclusion on paper ("regardless of race, color or creed") but keeps it safely abstract, a ceremonial mantra rather than an argument. It's less about equality than about reassurance: the Crown is for everyone, therefore criticism is misdirected.
The real tell is the pivot from the collective to the intimate. After invoking "all the people", he narrows to "an individual connection with each and every one" - a grand, emotionally flattering claim that can't be audited. It's also classic royal branding: the institution survives by converting distance into a performance of closeness. You will never meet them, but they will speak as if they know you. That imagined bond is the monarchy's social contract, offered in place of democratic accountability.
Context matters because Andrew's public image has long been entangled with questions of judgment and entitlement. Read in that light, the quote functions as reputation management: sanctify the role, universalize the audience, and imply benevolent intimacy. It's a rhetorical hug from behind a velvet rope, asking the public to feel personally included while accepting that the power relationship stays exactly as it is.
The real tell is the pivot from the collective to the intimate. After invoking "all the people", he narrows to "an individual connection with each and every one" - a grand, emotionally flattering claim that can't be audited. It's also classic royal branding: the institution survives by converting distance into a performance of closeness. You will never meet them, but they will speak as if they know you. That imagined bond is the monarchy's social contract, offered in place of democratic accountability.
Context matters because Andrew's public image has long been entangled with questions of judgment and entitlement. Read in that light, the quote functions as reputation management: sanctify the role, universalize the audience, and imply benevolent intimacy. It's a rhetorical hug from behind a velvet rope, asking the public to feel personally included while accepting that the power relationship stays exactly as it is.
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| Topic | Equality |
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