The reality is that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are following in tried and tested regal footsteps - Fergie and Andrew have the cowboy hats and Prince Philip a rather fetching lumberjack shirt from the 50s to prove it.
The son of prosperous Republican coal-mine owners, Lamm worked his way through the University of Wisconsin-Madison, even though he didn't have to, spending summers as a lumberjack in Oregon and an ore-boat deckhand on the Great Lakes.