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Your taste in princes tends toward …
You know what? Americans fought a revolution in order to not have to care. Just watch Atlanta
Diamonds or rhinestones?
the caustic sex appeal of Prince Harry
the duty-bound Prince William
Siblings should be more like …
Anna and Elsa
Cain and Abel
A sovereign is to be …
revered, as Thomas Hobbes suggested
feared, per Niccolò Machiavelli
The better Bond:
Sean Connery
Daniel Craig
Do you prefer …
the poetry of Lord Byron
or the poetry of Queen Beyoncé?
Breakfast:
Croissant
Scone
The more accurate portrayal of romantic love was …
the gore of Gone Girl
The Notebook’s happily ever after
THE TUDORS
A brooding King Henry VIII beds and beheads his many wives.
Showtime
GALAVANT
The plague is played for laughs in this courtly musical comedy.
ABC
THE WHITE PRINCESS
Women vie for power in the War of the Roses on the soap
Starz
VERSAILLES
King Louis XIV’s sexcapades were deemed too racy for American TV.
BBC Two
REIGN
Mary, Queen of Scots, a prince and his half brother make up a love triangle.
The CW
THE ROYALS
A queen tries to control her hedonistic twins.
E!
THE CROWN
An Elizabeth II series as grand as her corgis are small.
Netflix
WOLF HALL
The conniving Thomas Cromwell pulls Henry VIII’s strings.
BBC Two
VICTORIA
The petite teen queen faces down would-be assassins and suitors.
PBS
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