Opinions of UK Royal Family

Trish said:
I am not sure that is still true. Camilla supports many charities and she is very active in her support of charities for the elderly. I know several people who are or have been members of local senior clubs and they only have good things to say about her.
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I have warmed to Camilla over time. She and Charles should have been allowed to marry when they were young. The memory of the unhappiness of Princess Margaret, and before her, of her uncle Edward VIII, should have allowed them some compassion. It would have spared Diana much misery as well.

Camilla, or more accurately now, Queen Camilla, has done her level best to make King Charles happy in his later years and she has dedicated herself to necessary royal duties with grace and charm. This couldn't have been easy given a good deal of hostile public reaction. She has earned my respect. I cannot say the same for Prince Andrew and Fergie.
 

CooCooforCoCoPuffs said:
UK press would never wind things up. ;):ROFLMAO:
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You know it they are brutal , the worse .

Either way you know not happening --

"

Meghan Markle has path to the White House - but Prince Harry will have to make sacrifice​

Meghan Markle has been tipped to run for US President - but will need to draw on her experiences with the Royal Family to make a success of her bid''​

 
Getting back to the OP, my opinion is, they're just a family. And like anyone else's family, there are good people, honest people, not so honest people, and not so good people.

There are skeletons, black sheep, bright spots, in fighting, etc.

They're no different than any other family in that sense. They just happen to be a family on a world stage.
 
fuzzybuddy said:
It has to be ominous when you're a kid, and you're told you are a prince/princess, etc. The Brits are happy with the royal family. They are kind of like a living British flag. It wouldn't be Britain without the royal family. I think some get carried away with royalty, and forget they are people.
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Yes, just leave us alone. Having a Royal family is part of British culture. We may not like them personally, but we have no wish to get rid of them. (At least that's how most of us feel).
 
Warrigal said:
I have warmed to Camilla over time. She and Charles should have been allowed to marry when they were young. The memory of the unhappiness of Princess Margaret, and before her, of her uncle Edward VIII, should have allowed them some compassion. It would have spared Diana much misery as well.

Camilla, or more accurately now, Queen Camilla, has done her level best to make King Charles happy in his later years and she has dedicated herself to necessary royal duties with grace and charm. This couldn't have been easy given a good deal of hostile public reaction. She has earned my respect. I cannot say the same for Prince Andrew and Fergie.
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I remember reading that Charles could have married Camilla when they were younger but, Charles considered he was too young at the time and he was unsure about his feelings. It was said that his uncle and mentor, Lord Mountbatten, advised him that Camilla was mistress not wife material.

Likewise, Princess Margaret could have married Peter Townsend but she wanted to remain HRH with all the rights and privileges the title gave her. In Peter Townsend's biography (Time and Chance) he wrote that Margaret could have married him if she had been prepared to give up everything: her position, prestige and her privy purse. She did later marry a commoner, Antony Armstrong-Jones, a photographer.

Andrew and Fergie are, in my opinion, an embarrassment :confused:
 
dilettante said:
Well I wasn't expecting this one:

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I think not. Charles III is still head of the English Church and he is also King for all of his people, regardless of whether they are C of E, Jewish, Muslim. He serves people of all faiths, and of none. He is also the King of Scotland, Wales , Northern Ireland, Australia, Canada and New Zealand and quite a few smaller Commonwealth countries.

I have attended an Iftar meal but that does not mean that I have converted to Islam. I taught in a catholic girls' school for 25 years but I did not convert to Catholicism. I've visited the Great Synagogue in Sydney several times but I'm not Jewish, nor am I a Hindu despite having visited a number of Hindu temples. Likewise, I am not Buddhist simply because I have eaten a vegetarian meal at a Chinese Buddhist temple south of Sydney.

I remain a member of the Uniting Church in Australia and, like King Charles, a person of mature faith.
Like the King, I have an open mind when it comes to matters of faith.
 
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hollydolly said:
She was no sweet innocent young girl..she grew up with the monarchy she was born on the Queen's Sandringham estate..one of her sisters was married to the Queen's Secretary,. that's not someone who types letters for a living this man was the closet to the Queen aside from her own family.. he was her advsior and so much more and his wife was Dianas sister. her father was the Equerry to the Queen.. she knew the royal family from the day she was born ....

...she knew and manipluated her way into the life of Charles, it's been said by many including her own family that she grew up saying she ''wanted the top job'',,.. and that meant to be Queen one day... and she new to be abe to marry him she had to be proven to be a Virgin..( I know it's archaic)... so she kept herself pure in the hope she'd get the chance to catch Charles' eye..

Well he'd got to about 30 years old and there was simply no-one sutiable for him to marry to bear heirs.. he was in love with a woman who was not in love with him, and had married someone else.. so with some pressure from his father to either marry Diana and produce some heirs or let her go... he chose the former..

Now Diana young as she was knew precisely how aristocratic marriages work given she was an aristocrat herself and had watched her father & mother both have affairs.. she knew within the royal family.. it's very common for an aristo wife to be her husband's baby bearer, and also to turn a blind eye to any dalliances... it's happened for centuries

She had become in the meantime the world's darling so believing her own publicity.. she decided she would not keep quiet about Charles dalliances.or even her imagined dalliances.. the fact she accused every woman he encountered with having an afair with Charles, including the chidlren's Nanny.. was bordering on the psychopathic.. in fact Charles was not having any affairs.. but Diana was....in fact she was the cause of one marital split and very nearly another after she stalked 2 married men, both of whom had already had an affair with, and one of whom had to call in the police after she stalked him by ringing his home over 300 times..... then she had a string of lovers.. including Barry Manakee , her protection officer, - james hewit.. and more

However the world could see no wrong in the doe eyed shy Di... and she milked it to the nth degree , but behind closed doors she was a completely different person..

She had an eating disorder, first Bullimia then anorexia.. she spent most of her time vomitting .. she was bad tempered with Charles.. she'd embarass him at parties and in company by making snide remarks and storming out .. ... she didn't want him to go out without her and she didn't want him to persue any of his hobbies . She tried to change him into something he wasn;t..his clothing, his hair style, his taste in music... he tried... but it just wasn't him. She tried to tell the world he was an absent father.. that wasn't true... but she always ensured the press were there when she took the boys to the park alone .. but Charles never alerted the press when he took the boys fishing... or hunting

Most men would only endure that for so long.. and it was the case with Charles.. not saying he's any angel.. but it was only after this that he rekindled his affair with his first love. Camilla.. clearly looking for someone who wasn't a harpy...

If I had to choose anyone to blame for this ..I would 100 % blame Camilla..

She was older by 14 years , she knew Diana. she knew how fragile she was she should have kept away from Charles.. at least if and until he got divorced..
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Did I hit a nerve? if so sorry. I actually saw the title, popped in to see if anyone had spoken about Meghan and her new show. Saw the post and after reading it posted my opinion because I did not agree with them. Although I knew a lot of what you wrote there is always more to learn but I will not badmouth the dead.
Blame? are any of us blameless for certain aspects of our lives. What happened to them happens to many couples but being royalty they are held to account on the world stage, who would want to be in their shoes, certainly not I.
 
I have nothing personally against the Royal family except I am sick& tired of seeing either Harry, Meghan or Kate as the cover story in People Magazine,its like every other week, enough already!
I was po'd by the latest issue of Meghan on the cover, I called to cancel my subscription
 
RobinWren said:
Did I hit a nerve? if so sorry. I actually saw the title, popped in to see if anyone had spoken about Meghan and her new show. Saw the post and after reading it posted my opinion because I did not agree with them. Although I knew a lot of what you wrote there is always more to learn but I will not badmouth the dead.
Blame? are any of us blameless for certain aspects of our lives. What happened to them happens to many couples but being royalty they are held to account on the world stage, who would want to be in their shoes, certainly not I.
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You didn't hit any nerve with me, I have no dog in the fight.... I was just putting the facts straight
 
RobinWren said:
Did I hit a nerve? if so sorry. I actually saw the title, popped in to see if anyone had spoken about Meghan and her new show. Saw the post and after reading it posted my opinion because I did not agree with them. Although I knew a lot of what you wrote there is always more to learn but I will not badmouth the dead.
Blame? are any of us blameless for certain aspects of our lives. What happened to them happens to many couples but being royalty they are held to account on the world stage, who would want to be in their shoes, certainly not I.
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I watched a bit of her show last night and not bad at all but yes fake .

 
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