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He needs a good whipping boy, because that poor whipping boy would get spanked pretty hard.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whipping_boy
>In hereditary monarchies a further cause of destruction is the fact that kings often fall into contempt, and, although possessing not tyrannical power, but only royal dignity, are apt to outrage others. Their overthrow is then readily effected; for there is an end to the king when his subjects do not want to have him, but the tyrant lasts, whether they like him or not.
This line from Aristotle's Politics aptly describes the struggles in more ceremonial royal states. Having but royal dignity, although not possessing tyrannical power, they might still be apt to outrage others... that's what many people complain about with the "celebrity culture" & his talks on Oprah.
This poses a greater risk for ceremonial royals than tyrannical rulers... people are familiar with and recognize a tyrant who rules with great power, less apt to complain because it's a regular occurrence... but there's a ton more resistance to a ceremonial royal who starts to accumulate power than a tyrannical ruler who gives up that power--the autocrats could get into scandals, but these scandals are small footnotes in their reigns--whereas a small scandal for other royals becomes a big outcry.
>Again, tyrannies are destroyed from within, when the reigning family are divided among themselves, as that of Gelo was, and more recently that of Dionysius; in the case of Gelo because Thrasybulus, the brother of Hiero, flattered the son of Gelo and led him into excesses in order that he might rule in his name. Whereupon the family got together a party to get rid of Thrasybulus and save the tyranny; but those of the people who conspired with them seized the opportunity and drove them all out. In the case of Dionysius, Dion, his own relative, attacked and expelled him with the assistance of the people; he afterwards perished himself.
It says here, that for tyrannies, when the families are divided against themselves, there is a risk. I think that applies for royals with royal dignity, that when their family is divided against themselves, there is also the risk to the royal state.
An informal exile might be a good idea... for the division Prince Harry & Meghan have brought to the royal household. A house divided cannot stand, so there is a bit of a threat.