Watch Succession, a show about a powerful and dysfunctional family, and you might spot a few digs at the real-life dynasties of media tycoon Rupert Murdoch, United States President Donald Trump and Britain's Queen Elizabeth.
And while this story of media magnate Logan Roy (Brian Cox) and his squabbling scions is fictional, the creator of the new satirical drama studied many real examples of clans in which the children have jostled for the crown.
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