On their recent visit to Southern California, Prince William and wife Catherine and about 1,300 bodyguards toured Skid Row. Nothing too unusual about that. We expect British monarchs-in-training to spend an hour or two slumming it when they visit their former possessions. Such expeditions give a boost to their innate British snobbishness while providing a great photo opportunity: ("Kate, how about a hug for that half-starved rickety lad with the big eyes!") What is more, it shows that today's aristocrats really, really care about the underclass, unlike yesterday's aristocrats who used them for target practice.
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