They don't return to this because it's from a book..
But lemme guess, it's because the royals are an impersonal institution? Like ABBA. (If you wonder how the Swedes can square jantelagen and their fascination with US-style star power..)
Jante* is for individuals
Related historical question to ponder is why the political position of peasants in Scania were largely unchanged post-Reformation (ie after the Counts Feud) as compared to their cousins in the South.