of the palace. but at the same time, of course, the british royal family has been part and parcel of british culturefor decades if if not centuries. there is this sense over the brewing storm over the way the duke and duchess has been treated has been a water cooler topic of conversation, no doubt about it. everyone is talking about it and it's dominating the headlines. but actually i think people want this to come to a family resolution. that's why it's such an interesting story. on one level it does involve issues of state constitutional matters and this institutional monarchy, but on the other hand i think people as they read the headlines over their breakfast cereal in the morning can identify what seems to be a power struggle within the family and after christmas everyone can identify that. >> absolutely. if you look at where harry and meghan stand, if you look at previous generations they're not dissimilar to the roles played by prince andrew, prince ann, and princess edward. in general, they have taken a backseat to prince charles as in this generation prince william takes the foreground with