question: Why does the media and people put importance or make a deal when talking about the royal family.
comment: Because if we are all paying attention to that we aren't paying attention to the real problems in the world
passages: BULLET::::- 30 November 2011 – Dinner with Jens Stoltenberg of Norway
  
  BULLET::::- 19 January 2012 – Dinner with Pedro Passos Coelho of Portugal, Fredrik Reinfeldt of Sweden and Werner Faymann of Austria
  
  BULLET::::- 13 February 2012 – Dinner with Helle Thorning-Schmidt of Denmark, Andrus Ansip of Estonia and Mark Rutte of the Netherlands
  
  BULLET::::- 23 February 2012 – Dinner with Enda Kenny of Ireland, Petr Nečas of the Czech Republic and Valdis Dombrovskis of Latvia
  
  BULLET::::- 12–13 April 2013 – Visit of David Cameron and Samantha Cameron of the United Kingdom
   The 6th episode of 2nd season features the Duke returning to London in a bid to ask Queen Elizabeth II for forgiveness of his abdication and to allow him to work for the Monarchy, however following her informing of The Marburg Files, detailing facts of the Duke's relationship with Nazi Germany whilst King and throughout World War II which the monarchy is now struggling halt the publishing of; further damning information from former private secretary Tommy Lascelles, and continuing animosity from the Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and Prince Phillip, she admonishes him from the family only to return to London at the request of the Monarch.
   For example, the first headline from the 21 August 2009 transmission, "We Deserve To Know About Prince's Meddling, Say Critics", evoked the response, "Is this Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie demand to know who 'Princess Meddling' is?" The actual story was Prince Charles attempting to veto a new National Trust building.
  
  Section::::Format.:Good News, Bad News.
  
  Each panelist is given a current topic, and must argue whether the topic is good news or bad news. Usually, the panelist must argue the opposite; for example, "Why is it good news that British students' test scores are going down?"
   I always find the great thing in England is to have plenty to say, and mercifully they are determined to find one amusing. But if one stops talking, they tell one the most extraordinary things, about their husbands, their money affairs, their insides. They don’t seem discouraged by not being asked. And they seem so intimate with each other; I suppose it comes from living so close together. Of course they are very definite and practical, but it is a pity they talk so much about what they are doing. I can’t think why they think it should matter.
   The word ‘fixated’ in the name of the unit indicates that the main motivational drives behind the stalking of public figures are pathologically intense fixations on individuals or causes, these being obsessive pre-occupations pursued to an abnormally intense degree. In the case of those pursuing the Royal Family, these fixations divide between beliefs that the individual was a member of the family or married to a member of the family; that the royal personage was involved in plots to persecute them; and that the Royal Family were culpable for failing to redress a particular grievance, often delusional, with which the individual was angrily obsessed.
   Section::::Episodes.:Inside the Firm.
  
  The Prince of Wales, The Princess Royal, The Duke of York and The Earl of Wessex talk about their work as part of the Royal Family. Prince William makes coffee and breakfast for residents at an London inner-city hostel and Prince Harry attends a strategy meeting for Sentebale. At the palace, the Keeper of the Privy Purse, Sir Alan Reid, releases details of the Royal Family's annual expenses to the press.
  
  At the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, the Queen and other members of the Royal Family attend Prince William's passing out parade.
  
  Section::::Controversy.
   BULLET::::- 1 December – "The Sunday Telegraph" reports that Buckingham Palace has taken the rare step of writing a letter of complaint to the BBC about an item on the previous Sunday's "On the Record" discussing the future of the monarchy, which it says was biased and inaccurate.
   Intense media interest in the opinions and private lives of the royal family during the 1980s led to a series of sensational stories in the press, not all of which were entirely true. As Kelvin MacKenzie, editor of "The Sun", told his staff: "Give me a Sunday for Monday splash on the Royals. Don't worry if it's not true—so long as there's not too much of a fuss about it afterwards." Newspaper editor Donald Trelford wrote in "The Observer" of 21 September 1986: "The royal soap opera has now reached such a pitch of public interest that the boundary between fact and fiction has been lost sight of ... it is not just that some papers don't check their facts or accept denials: they don't care if the stories are true or not." It was reported, most notably in "The Sunday Times" of 20 July 1986, that the Queen was worried that Margaret Thatcher's economic policies fostered social divisions and was alarmed by high unemployment, a series of riots, the violence of a miners' strike, and Thatcher's refusal to apply sanctions against the apartheid regime in South Africa. The sources of the rumours included royal aide Michael Shea and Commonwealth Secretary-General Shridath Ramphal, but Shea claimed his remarks were taken out of context and embellished by speculation. Thatcher reputedly said the Queen would vote for the Social Democratic Party—Thatcher's political opponents. Thatcher's biographer John Campbell claimed "the report was a piece of journalistic mischief-making". Belying reports of acrimony between them, Thatcher later conveyed her personal admiration for the Queen, and the Queen gave two honours in her personal gift—membership in the Order of Merit and the Order of the Garter—to Thatcher after her replacement as prime minister by John Major. Former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney said Elizabeth was a "behind the scenes force" in ending apartheid.
   "Royal Family" has been accused of revealing too much about the royals. David Attenborough – at the time, controller of BBC Two – warned Cawston that his film was in danger of "killing the monarchy". The film critic Milton Shulman wrote "every institution that has so far attempted to use TV to popularise or aggrandise itself has been trivialised by it".
   Just a few weeks before he resigns, Prime Minister Tony Blair and his wife Cherie spend the weekend with the Royal Family at Balmoral Castle in Scotland. Back in London, the Chancellor of the Exchequer (and future Prime Minister), Gordon Brown, briefs the Queen in advance of his budget speech.
   A state banquet is held at Buckingham Palace for the President of Ghana, John Kufuor. The Queen takes part in her annual birthday parade and an investiture ceremony where Steven Gerrard and Penelope Keith are among those to receive an honour.
  
  The episode also looks at the day-to-day workings of the Monarchy's headquarters, Buckingham Palace, including an interview with the Queen's ladies-in-waiting as they sort through the royal postbag.
  
  Section::::Episodes.:Head of State.
   BULLET::::- The Spanish public perception that the monarchy be politically non-partisan in its adherence to constitutional protocol and convention, yet while protecting the public expression of personal political views by members of the royal family. Expressions of personal political views expressed in public include when the Prince of Asturias and his sisters protested against terrorism following the 2004 Madrid bombings, or when the Queen gave controversial political viewpoints during an informal interview.
   According to Higson, M's comment about the incident was a deliberate attempt to cover up the truth. "Basically, it is decided that things need to be hushed"
   The press frequently follows the movements of the Royal Family, and can, at times, affect the group's popularity, which has fluctuated over the years. Mirroring the mood in the United Kingdom, the family's lowest approval was during the mid-1980s to 1990s, when the children of the monarch were enduring their divorces and were the targets of negative tabloid reporting.
  
  Section::::Federal residences and royal household.
   In 2002, Charles, "so often a target of the press, got his chance to return fire" when addressing "scores of editors, publishers and other media executives" gathered at St Bride's Fleet Street to celebrate 300 years of journalism. Defending public servants from "the corrosive drip of constant criticism", he noted that the press had been "awkward, cantankerous, cynical, bloody-minded, at times intrusive, at times inaccurate and at times deeply unfair and harmful to individuals and to institutions." But, he concluded, regarding his own relations with the press, "from time to time we are probably both a bit hard on each other, exaggerating the downsides and ignoring the good points in each."
   In 1990 Morgan-Hewitt joined The Goring. By 1996, he had been made General Manager, before going on to become Managing Director in 2006.
  
  In 2011, Morgan-Hewitt asked the Royal Family whether there was "anything we could do to help", in relation to the wedding of Prince William to Kate Middleton. As a result, Kate Middleton chose to spend the night before the wedding at The Goring. A reception was also held there.
   In 2017, the House of Commons voted to issue a humble address to request the government to reveal documents about the potential impact of Brexit on the British economy. The motion, put forward by the opposition, requested:
  
  "The Daily Telegraph" reported that the Queen was not happy at being drawn into a political issue, which the monarch, by convention, avoids.
  
  Section::::Address for a return.:2018.
  
  A second Brexit-related humble address was placed before the House on 13 November 2018, seeking the release of legal advice given to the government regarding the proposed EU withdrawal agreement:
   At Blair's next meeting with the Queen, they exchange views about what has happened since their last meeting including the controversy surrounding Diana's death and the actions that are followed. Then she cautions the prime minister that, just as public opinion has changed about how the royal family should react to a new Britain, so must he as he may very well find himself in the same position of changing public opinion.
  
  Section::::Cast.
  
  BULLET::::- Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II
  
  BULLET::::- Michael Sheen as Tony Blair
  
  BULLET::::- James Cromwell as Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
   BULLET::::- 30 May–June 1: , visited by Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa
  
  BULLET::::- 31 August-1 September: , visited by President Jacob Zuma and Mrs. Tobeka Zuma
  
  BULLET::::- 2012
  
  BULLET::::- 10–12 October: , visited by President Sauli Niinistö and Mrs. Jenni Haukio
  
  BULLET::::- 2014
  
  BULLET::::- 12–13 May: , visited by President Shimon Peres
  
  BULLET::::- 11–13 June: , visited by President Joachim Gauck and Ms Daniela Schadt
  
  BULLET::::- 2 September: , visited by President Toomas Hendrik Ilves
  
  BULLET::::- 13–14 October: , visited by President Pranab Mukherjee, accompanied by his daughter Sharmista Mukherjee
  
  BULLET::::- 2015
   The Queen presides over the annual Royal Garden Party, for which every invitation is written by hand and checked by the 'Garden Party Ladies'. One of the guests at the Garden Party is Pearl Mitchell from Northern Ireland, who nervously prepares to meet the Queen.
  
  Following the Garden Party, the Queen visits a Hindu Temple and has a feast of Kashmiri delicacies. In Northumberland, The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall have tea with an organic farming family. Meanwhile, The Duke of Edinburgh travels to the official opening of the Emirates Stadium, but not all goes to plan.
   BULLET::::- Advisor to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
  
  BULLET::::- 2009–2019: Sir David Manning
  
  BULLET::::- 2019–present: Jason Knauf
  
  BULLET::::- Communication Secretary to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
  
  BULLET::::- –2014: Ed Perkins
  
  BULLET::::- 2014–2019: Jason Knauf
  
  BULLET::::- 2019–present: Christian Jones
  
  BULLET::::- Deputy Communication Secretary to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry:
  
  BULLET::::- –2016: Nick Loughran
  
  BULLET::::- Official Spokesperson for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry:
  
  BULLET::::- –2013: Paddy Harverson, also Communications Secretary at Clarence House
  
  Section::::Household of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
   Section::::Interpretations.
  
  Section::::Interpretations.:Role of the royal family.
  
  Over the centuries, the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre has inevitably aroused a great deal of controversy. Modern historians are still divided over the responsibility of the royal family:
   "It is a basic truth that for our Queen we have within us, sometimes unrealised until the moment of expression, the most profound and passionate feelings of loyalty and devotion. It does not require much imagination to realise that when eight million people spontaneously pour out this feeling they are engaging in a great act of common allegiance and common joy which brings them closer together and is one of the most powerful elements converting them from a mass of individuals to a great cohesive nation. In brief, the common devotion to the Throne is a part of the very cement of the whole social structure."
   DCI Grace Barraclough, the lead detective in the hunt for Tom King's killer, was outraged that the Kings where set free as she firmly believed that one, or all, of them killed their father.
   BULLET::::- 23 April 2007 – Visit of José Manuel Durão Barroso of Portugal (in his capacity as President of the European Commission)
  
  BULLET::::- 17 May 2007 – Dinner with Lech Kaczyński of Poland
  
  BULLET::::- 15 June 2007 – Meeting with Jan Peter Balkenende of the Netherlands
  
  BULLET::::- 17 June 2007 – Lunch with Mirek Topolánek of the Czech Republic
  
  BULLET::::- 10 September 2007 – Visit of Nicolas Sarkozy and Bernard Kouchner of France
  
  BULLET::::- 20 November 2007 – Visit of Romano Prodi of Italy
  