Editor’s Letter
For the past five years, we have devoted our May issue to dynasties—monarchical, political, and metaphorical. This spring, with the coronation of King Charles in Great Britain; the Dominion lawsuit looming over media mogul Rupert Murdoch and Fox News, his crown jewel; and the final season of Succession in full swing, we are as obsessed as ever with the outsize role powerful families play in our culture. The last time London staged a coronation, the cutting-edge broadcast technology was television. This time around, as Erin Vanderhoof reports, the British royals contend with a media landscape that is far less monolithic, a cacophony of social platforms and tabloid sites. Whether the rite of passage that will officially make Charles Britain’s king can cut through the noise depends largely on the family’s ability…
