Deep Dive: Prince Andrew's Sordid, Belated Fall Is Everything Wrong with the British Royals
Full disclosure, because we’re going to be talking about conspiracy theories a bit here: I’ve never quite believed that the Sex Pistols got themselves banned from the airwaves for mocking the British Monarchy.
Instead, I believe it’s because the punk icons hit upon an uncomfortable truth unknown to most at the time, but which should be obvious now: The House of Windsor is a basically a dignified Disneyland to get the proles to hop a jet to London.
For those of you who are unfamiliar with the history of punk rock, the Pistols’ biggest hit was 1977’s “God Save the Queen,” which — even with its title, a play on the U.K. national anthem — ridiculed the now-late Elizabeth II and the royal family. The BBC and most other outlets banned it from being played on the radio, but this didn’t stop it from reaching No. 2 on the official BBC singles chart. (Conspiracy theories, incidentally, persist that the BBC rigged the chart on the week it peaked to keep it from No. 1.)
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