The print media may be dying but there is absolutely no guarantee that what will replace them in the future is going to be more sympathetic to the royals in general or the Cambridges in particular than the British print media have been. They certainly won't be held to any 'I'll scratch your back, I'll scratch yours' arrangement which the Palace and newspaper editors have had in the past.
Royals, including the Cambridges and KP, might not like dealing with the print press any more but each newspaper has circulations in the millions still (including families that share newspapers) and they are still influential. It's OK to huff and puff and say a particular journalist is deranged, but the press does seem to have smoother relations with BP and Clarence House lately while KP seems central to problems.
The public is fickle and can indeed turn. I'm old enough to remember Andrew coming back from the Falklands to glowing praise from the press, and keep in mind that Charles for all his hard work over decades still hasn't recovered from the mauling he got from the print media in the days of 'the War of the Wales'.
The Press is still an organ that can mould public opinion, and I believe that the Cambridges and their Press office will ignore that at their peril.
Royals, including the Cambridges and KP, might not like dealing with the print press any more but each newspaper has circulations in the millions still (including families that share newspapers) and they are still influential. It's OK to huff and puff and say a particular journalist is deranged, but the press does seem to have smoother relations with BP and Clarence House lately while KP seems central to problems.
The public is fickle and can indeed turn. I'm old enough to remember Andrew coming back from the Falklands to glowing praise from the press, and keep in mind that Charles for all his hard work over decades still hasn't recovered from the mauling he got from the print media in the days of 'the War of the Wales'.
The Press is still an organ that can mould public opinion, and I believe that the Cambridges and their Press office will ignore that at their peril.
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