6 royal births that changed the world (or could have)

It has always struck me as peculiar, the peculiar fascination some Americans have for royalty. Particularly so inasmuch as America was founded to elevate the common man. Mark Twain wrote "The Prince and the Pauper" to excoriate this American fascination. When completed, he wrote to a friend, "There, it is done. And I could not have damned them more if I had a pen warmed in hell". Still, American celebrities flock to London for an audience with the queen. Civic leaders vie to bring the Olympics to their respective cities so they can hobnob with the royalty of Europe. And, once again, we see American journalists reporting on the birth of another royal heir. Strange