Senior royals lack several basic rights the rest of us take for granted, such as freedom of speech and of career. But they also have 'considerable time to enjoy themselves in their homes in the countryside', a royal historian says.
As it reaches a cutting, people run towards the track, waving and calling out.
Monarchy makes"extraordinary demands" and"takes a toll" on every member of the family, he says, listing several basic rights, including privacy, freedom of speech and of career, which ordinary people have but royals lack. "We have to remember that the second Elizabethan age was partly anchored in an idea that to be royal is to be burdened with a sense of duty, a sense of public service - it's a life of self-sacrifice," he says.
"We need to be careful not to take it at face value because it does obscure the positive sides of this lifestyle, and there are lots. "They are surrounded by huge entourages of servants we don't see very much of. When we do glimpse , it's usually for the wrong reasons, like a king trying to move an inkwell out of the way - that sort of thing."
Prof Hazell says he would"hate" to live at Buckingham Palace because of its"huge, echoing rooms and flunkies".
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