
The modern monarchy is not dying — it is rebranding. From Britain to the Middle East, royal families are no longer the relics of divine right but the architects of soft power, balancing scandal and strategy in equal measure. Behind every gilded portrait lies a quiet rebellion against irrelevance.

When celebrity romance becomes a public performance, intimacy itself becomes a brand. The Coldplay couple — Chris Martin and Dakota Johnson — illustrate how modern love is not merely felt but curated, a choreography of presence for an algorithmic world.

When Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum pressed charges after being groped during a public event, the gesture reverberated far beyond Mexico City. It was not the reaction of a victim, but the assertion of a leader—an act that reframed consent, dignity, and power in one move. “No one, not even the President, should normalise disrespect.” — Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico City, 2025

The entertainment industry’s future is no longer about content creation. It is about the colonisation of consciousness — a transition from attention economies to immersive emotional ecosystems.

Beyond sequins and lip-syncs, RuPaul’s Drag Race is a masterclass in intelligence — emotional, creative, and systemic. Through it, we learn that performance is not deception; it is design — the architecture of selfhood.