With the passing of Her Majesty The Queen Elizabeth II last week I have been enjoying reading many bloggers reflections and thoughts on the lessons that we can learn from this stately and dignified woman. I wanted to share my thoughts too, but wondered if I could say it as eloquently as others already have. Instead, I thought I would reflect on some other classic stories and movies that bring a touch of royalty into our lives and how they can influence us to live our lives with class and elegance. Royals have always held a certain fascination for us, whether it be glimpses into their human, mortal side, or our ongoing attraction to kalokagathia, which Bryan Kozlowski describes in his 2020 book Long Live the Queen: 23 Rules for Living from Britain's Longest Reigning Monarch , as being "an ideal of personal grace and beauty, believed to be the birthright of the high born, which often inspired yearnings of excellences in lesser mortals." And it is this kalokagat...