All That Glitters Is Greed

Windsor Castle, 2018. All rights © King’s International Church. Image description: Windsor Castle is blurred in the background behind a black wrought iron fence with gold tips. Green trees frame the image on an overcast day.

Why are so many Americans, descended from revolutionaries who fled and defeated the British, so enamored with the British monarchy? Why are Commonwealth subjects all over the world mourning the death of Queen Elizabeth II?

The possibility of real-life fairytales coming true? The schadenfreude of high-profile scandal when they don’t?