When the British monarchy or political class wants to appear as an integral and integrated part of the people they claim to represent, the recourse to visiting a pub is recurrent: like walking through markets during election time in Catalonia. From Boris Johnson to Nigel Farage; from Theresa May to Keir Starmer; from Charles III to Prince William, or also the new Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, they all let themselves be photographed with a pint of beer in their hands or filling one, as if they had been doing it since they were children.