A royal seal of approval : NPR

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Leon Neal/Getty Pictures/Getty Pictures Europe Folks celebrating this vacation weekend might have totally different concepts about what sparked the American Revolution: a craving for liberty; a revulsion at taxation with out illustration; or a want to have a nationwide sport the place gamers can contact the ball with their fingers.

And naturally, disdain for King George III. "He has plundered our seas," America's Founders wrote within the Declaration of Independence, "ravaged our Coasts, burnt our cities, and destroyed the lives of our individuals."

In the present day's British monarchy may not be highly effective sufficient to repair a site visitors ticket for a prince. However the royal household can nonetheless be potent influencers, as we use the time period as we speak.

This week it was introduced that beginning subsequent 12 months, the Prince and Princess of Wales will start to grant the Royal Warrants that confer the crown's seal of approval on sure items and providers.

King Charles and Queen Camilla have granted greater than 400 such warrants, and it is fascinating to sift via the listing of what met royal muster.

The listing contains acquainted British names, like Bentley and Jaguar motorcars, Burberry outfitters, Smythson Stationers, Turnbull and Asser Shirtmakers, and Twining's Tea and Espresso.

However there's additionally the ribbon and tassel producer Cole Materials — the royal household should undergo a variety of tassels — the artisanal Besom Broom and Pea Stick maker A. Nash, Change Waste Recycling Administration Providers, and Milborrow Chimney Sweeps. Buckingham Palace alone has tons of of chimneys. Chim-Chim-Cheree!

"In luxurious model advertising and marketing," Professor Qing Wang of the College of Warwick in Coventry, England, instructed us, "the picture of the British royal household coats of arms is a robust cue for high quality, a contact of sophistication that makes it well-liked, even particularly amongst American customers."

And so it could not shock that this week the JL Companions polling agency launched a survey of 1,000 U.S. voters through which 19% mentioned they favor changing the sitting U.S. President with the British monarch. Multiple in three of 19 to 29-year-olds surveyed mentioned they might favor a restoration of royalty.

Not an American monarch, like, say, King LeBron James of the court docket of basketball, or Madonna, the Queen of Pop, however the precise British King. It isn't as if we weren't warned.