Of course, these days monarchies are for the most part no longer relevant, and aristocrats—technically still among us—don’t quite have the same sheen as they did in the days when toiling classes lowered their caps as liveried carriages clattered by. Instead, contemporary succession dramas have shifted to late capitalism’s true ruling class: the business elite. Hence the public’s fascination with shows such as Yellowstone, Dynasty and Succession, where tax shelters and trust funds have facilitated the emergence of a new generation of princes and princesses in all but name.