It is difficult to ignore the fact that two of the Royal College’s three royal patrons have died in the last few weeks. It has long been passé to admire the traditions of royalty amongst the chattering classes. The ‘scandals’ of recent years and the nature of tabloid journalism in the ‘red tops’ and elsewhere has only helped to lower regard for royalty — or so we were told. Looking back over history, the royal family has always behaved in a way that would attract public comment. Now however, there is more comment than ever before. Why, therefore, add to the volume with an editorial?