There's no actual American royalty, but try telling that to some of the United States' biggest movers and shakers.
And none of them is likely to be popularly characterized half a century later as American royalty.
The wedding was described in Life Magazine as "akin to American royalty."
American royalty has been entertaining at "21" for most of this century.
American royalty comes to Hollywood, film and rock stars, and they want to wear brand-new clothes.
It was a whiff of American royalty.
For most of the past century, American royalty has been entertaining at this place, which has the feeling of a private club.
The personal section on the Website made the Westerfields sound like American royalty.
The whole issue of American royalty - that's not really how they're seen.
"Because Jackie Robinson is American royalty," her father would say.