Just days before a huge military procession was due to march through London, the British royal family released a cryptic message that seemed to be directed at one of their own. Buckingham Palace told British media outlets that King Charles III hoped "nothing will detract or distract" from ceremonies to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe. It was an odd message for the palace to seed into the British press. Who would intend to overshadow events to mark the day Nazi Germany surrendered to Allied forces? But the veiled warning came just days...