Cele|bitchy | Dimbleby: ‘The image getting across is that Prince William is just an ordinary Joe’

There’s a new British documentary airing on the BBC tonight called What’s the Monarchy For? An interesting moment for the BBC to air a documentary questioning the purpose of a monarchy in the modern world, not to mention platforming criticisms of the Windsors as out-of-touch and unpopular. The documentary was organized by historian David Dimbleby, whose main thesis seems to be that Scooter King William is the monarchy’s last hope, and that William will need to make widespread changes when his father passes. Personally, I think all of these people are going to be in for a rude awakening when it comes to William’s ideas about “changing the monarchy.” His changes will be: taking away his brother’s titles, refusing to wear robes or participate in royal ceremonies, and tweeting his support fo