That reminds me of something I read some months ago. I don't remember if it was Europe or Britain that was mentioned, but it was talking about money and royalty intermarrying, with a paraphrase of some local citizen remarking around the time period Tribe and the Committee of 300 had been knocking boots, that royalty was beginning to have some resemblance to Tribe. The article was saying that the hoi polloi were aware of this.
American culture, as glorified by this board.