> One constitutional expert warned that the carve-outs undermine the notion that everyone is equal before the law

A monarch is unequal under the law by definition.

This editorial seems to be arguing there’s a distinct “private persona” that should be equal under the law, while their “public persona” lives a hereditarily granted, opulent lifestyle fully subsidized by the state and decidedly unequal under the law.

That distinction makes no sense.

If you (rightfully) don’t want a hereditary constitutional monarchy, just don’t have one.