Opinions of UK Royal Family

hollydolly said:
There's quite a few threads about the royal family already. Just put it into the search bar on here..
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Just so you know and I'm not referring to this topic specifically)... over the past couple of weeks, I've searched for threads I know should be here because I started them, but the search feature did not pull them up. I even used the titles almost verbatim when I searched. Don't know why this is but It's happened in the distant past as well. I think this is one of the reasons duplicate topics get posted.
 

hollydolly said:
if you've watched programmes like the Crown.. then it's almost entirely fiction....
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I'm sure that is correct. Yes that is one of the programs we watched. It was very entertaining and well produced. When I read in the news about their foibles I have to wonder how much of that is blown out of proportion, based on supposition, or barely scratching the surface. My opinion of Charles was and is that he a bit two faced, Harry seems like a very insecure child and his wife to me is a narcissist. Just my ill-informed opinion.
 

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OneEyedDiva said:
I've searched for threads I know should be here because I started them, but the search feature did not pull them up.
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Clicking "find threads" at the top under "what's new" at the top should show all the threads that you've started.

@OneEyedDiva - To clarify, clicking "find threads" should show all of the threads you have posted.
 
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The "royal family," and any idea of it, should be disbanded and dissolved. Their 'riches' should be pooled and used for the good of the present general population, their ancestors being who it was taken or pillaged from, throughout an oftentimes disgusting, bloody, and cruel history. I don't mean to upset anyone, it's just my humble opinion. For what it's worth, I feel the same about the Vatican--while we're on this sort of subject.
 
AS I have said before Diana was not so much the sweet innocent as portrayed.
That became apparent in later years too.

At age 16 .still a childish teenager she bragged to her friends in the girls' school that she was going to marry the prince.
She had to remain a virgin. An arranged marriage which she and her family consented to.

At age 19 still supposedly shy and coy she married a grown man who was forced into the situation and was already deeply in love with another woman. The royal marriage was no love match and many were not surprised that it ended the way it did..

He did his duty and I think did his best living with this young woman , still a girl really, many years his junior.
We really don't know, do we, what he had to put up with. Everyone was on Diana's side. She was young and pretty.
He was the bad guy.

I and others of my age who lived through those times will remember how it all really happened.
The public made the story the way it is.

Again just my tuppence worth and please don't hit me. Scared.gif
 
Mike Tindall, husband of Zara, daughter of Princess Anne has a book coming out. The Good, The Bad & The Rugby. Mike shares his experiences of integrating into the Royal Family, describing the transition as “pretty easy.” Think it will be a better read than Spare, stark contrast to Duchess of Sussex. The Rugby refers to his his career as a rugby player in UK.
 
Cinderella said:
Mike Tindall, husband of Zara, daughter of Princess Anne has a book coming out. The Good, The Bad & The Rugby. Mike shares his experiences of integrating into the Royal Family, describing the transition as “pretty easy.” Think it will be a better read than Spare, stark contrast to Duchess of Sussex.
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yes bits of it has been serialised already... I'm sure it will all be very nice..bland ( about the royals) but nice....
 
Mizmo said:
AS I have said before Diana was not so much the sweet innocent as portrayed.
That became apparent in later years too.

At age 16 .still a childish teenager she bragged to her friends in the girls' school that she was going to marry the prince.
She had to remain a virgin. An arranged marriage which she and her family consented to.

At age 19 still supposedly shy and coy she married a grown man who was forced into the situation and was already deeply in love with another woman. The royal marriage was no love match and many were not surprised that it ended the way it did..

He did his duty and I think did his best living with this young woman , still a girl really, many years his junior.
We really don't know, do we, what he had to put up with. Everyone was on Diana's side. She was young and pretty.
He was the bad guy.

I and others of my age who lived through those times will remember how it all really happened.
The public made the story the way it is.

Again just my tuppence worth and please don't hit me. View attachment 362297
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you're completely correct...
 
I would say that the Royal Family is doing a good job for Britain, bringing awareness to various causes, being ambassadors for tourism etc.

What I find appalling about some comments is how revered and saint-like Diana still is to many of the public. The media, of course, spins its half-truths and generates a following – that is their job. I personally believe Diana, who had some outstanding qualities, knew what she was doing and was a top manipulator – I have no opinion on who was right and who was wrong but I do believe Charles got the worse end of the stick in the media bashing which many still believe as truth. Camilla has been portrayed as the evil person and many of her qualities have been overlooked. We will never know and maybe it’s time to let it go and focus on the present.
 
Mizmo said:
AS I have said before Diana was not so much the sweet innocent as portrayed.
That became apparent in later years too.

At age 16 .still a childish teenager she bragged to her friends in the girls' school that she was going to marry the prince.
She had to remain a virgin. An arranged marriage which she and her family consented to.

At age 19 still supposedly shy and coy she married a grown man who was forced into the situation and was already deeply in love with another woman. The royal marriage was no love match and many were not surprised that it ended the way it did..

He did his duty and I think did his best living with this young woman , still a girl really, many years his junior.
We really don't know, do we, what he had to put up with. Everyone was on Diana's side. She was young and pretty.
He was the bad guy.

I and others of my age who lived through those times will remember how it all really happened.
The public made the story the way it is.

Again just my tuppence worth and please don't hit me. View attachment 362297
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I lived through this time but was Charles honest with her upfront that it would be a marriage only for her to have his heirs and that he loved someone else. Was he honest that it was strictly a business deal. She was very young. If not shame on the queen for pressuring him to marry a virgin and for him deceiving Diana. I’m sure we will never know the truth.
 
Teacher Terry said:
I lived through this time but was Charles honest with her upfront that it would be a marriage only for her to have his heirs and that he loved someone else. Was he honest that it was strictly a business deal. She was very young. If not shame on the queen for pressuring him to marry a virgin and for him deceiving Diana. I’m sure we will never know the truth.
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She grew up within the bosum of the royal family. She was born on the Sandringam estate which is the Royals Family home in Norfolk. Her father was a distinguished army officer and a Minor royal, Earl John Spencer. Dianas Grandmother Lady Ruth Fermoy was the Queen Mother's constant companion until death in her 90's... her father was The Queen Mother & King Georges Equerry...

Diana , and her siblings mixed with the royals from being a child.. She knew what the rules were regarding most Aristocratic marriages, and that is that many marriages are not for love but for breeding.. and it's the way of Royals in many cases, as well as the Aristocracy.. to have a breeding mare.. and other women for passion.. and it works both ways,..in many marriages both parties have their lovers, but they stay together as man and wife, usually for ever.. it;s expected and rarely commented on, because there's usually a lot of discretion...

Let's not forget that despite the fact Charles was still in love with the married Camillawhose husband was known in uppar class circles as a lothario) when he married Diana.. he was never unfaithful to her.. until after the birth of their sons.. and after she was first unfaithful to him...
Dianas' Family Tree
Princess Diana's Family Tree: All About the Spencer Family's Rich History
 
Re Mike Tindall's new book... ( for those who don't know, Mike is the ex rugby star husband of the Queen's granddaughter Zara ...

Here are some extracts from the book today...



Despite most people's idea of Queen Elizabeth II's life, it wasn't like an episode of Downton Abbey, 'with meals on long tables and everyone dressed in their finery every night'.

Instead, Mike recalled: 'Zara and I would often watch the racing with her on TV, as I'm sure lots of people reading this have done with their gran.'


'Lunches were also relaxed, especially up in Scotland, where lunch would often be heading out into the open space of the Scottish Highlands for a picnic.

'There's a great picture of my daughter Mia sitting with the Duke of Edinburgh that captures exactly what those afternoons were like: members of a very close family who loved each other dearly spending precious time together.'
Taken by Catherine Princess of Wales


The snapshot of Prince Philip, who passed away aged 99 at Windsor Castle on 9 April 2021, showed the Duke sitting outside a log cabin.

He was leaned over a wooden table to enjoy a meal in the countryside setting alongside his great granddaughter, Mike and Zara's eldest daughter Mia, now 10.

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gruntlabor said:
From observing Diana over years, but as a complete no-nothing, I believe that she was not very bright and that she was emotionally ill in a mild way.
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She admitted herself that she wasn't educationally bright... she failed most of her basic exams at school, and instead was sent off to finishing school in Switzerland where she learned to be a childrens' Nanny.. but she ony ever did that Part-time when she eventually returned to the UK

I did not dislike Diana.. but I'm a realist, and what she did excel in was Manipulation...
 

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