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to want it to be known that the queen

38 replies

FivesAndNorks · 06/12/2012 09:24

Is kate's grandmother in law. Not mil.I'm sure I am actually but it is irrationally irritating me.

So just ignore :)

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mrskeithrichards · 06/12/2012 09:33

I agree!

FivesAndNorks · 06/12/2012 09:42

Phew . Thought I'd been sent to mm Coventry :)

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HECTheHallsWithRowsAndFolly · 06/12/2012 09:53

who thinks she's her mother in law?

FivesAndNorks · 06/12/2012 10:10

lots of threads about her at the moment, with people talking about her MIL, the Queen

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blisterpack · 06/12/2012 10:12

YANBU. A lot of people on MN seem to think that.

Hamishbear · 06/12/2012 10:12

But what if she is Kate's grandmother as per the prank call :)? Perhaps that is the wider expose/scandal etc...

lovelyladuree · 06/12/2012 10:37

Her MIL will be the Queen one day.

FivesAndNorks · 06/12/2012 10:40

Lol Hamish :) not so much now but 200 years ago that was no big deal was it? Blue blood an all that!
Lovely, given this is a pedantic thread, Camilla is actually her step mil

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TwinklingWonderland · 06/12/2012 10:40

What about the corgis?

HipHopOpotomus · 06/12/2012 10:42

Yes Camilla is Step MIL.
Her MIL is brown bread.

YuleBritannia · 06/12/2012 10:43

And Camilla will not be Queen I hope. Recent talk was about Princess Consort.

FivesAndNorks · 06/12/2012 10:45

Ah yes that's right. I remembered there was some discussion about what her title will be but couldn't remember the detail

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rogersmellyonthetelly · 06/12/2012 13:40

My fault possibly. I mentioned it on a thread. My excuse is that I have pregnant brain and also have tried to block Diana pow out of my consciousness as I found the whole hysteria surrounding her death deeply distasteful. Troubled woman, tragic death is about all I care to remember.

FivesGoldNorks · 06/12/2012 14:06

Your sentence has been reduced slightly though due to your mitigating circumstances.

MrsTerryPratchett · 06/12/2012 14:09

Her MIL will not be the Queen one day, since she is dead. It is annoying me that the Queen is referred to as her Grandmother as well.

HipHopOpotomus · 06/12/2012 15:46

Technical question - can you retrospectively be a MIL from beyond the grave?

Is Diana 'Kate's MIL' at all? It seems weird to me that she should die and then 15 or so years later become a MIL? Is this possible?

Or does Kate simply not have a MIL?

If Diana had died AFTER K&W married then yes she would be MIL albeit a dead one, as she was alive when the marriage took place.

HipHopOpotomus · 06/12/2012 15:48

If marriage is the joining of 2 families as well as 2 people, then the Queen would be her Grandma surely? Is that the whole, old school/traditional perspective/point of marriage?

Hopingforhapppiness · 06/12/2012 15:50

...and the Queen calls her "Catherine" and not Kate.

HipHopOpotomus · 06/12/2012 15:51

as this is a pedantic thread can you tell me why Catherine is shortened to Kate and not Cate?

Pretty please - I have a burning desire to know but can't talk about it in RL Blush

Numberlock · 06/12/2012 15:57

And Camilla will not be Queen

No, she must never be Queen!!!

HipHopOpotomus · 06/12/2012 15:59

What is the objection to Camilla being Queen?

tetleymel · 06/12/2012 16:02

Who cares if Camilla is called Queen or not? Gawd!

Alibabaandthe40nappies · 06/12/2012 16:09

Why mustn't Camilla be Queen?

She is a damm sight more dignified than Diana ever was.

Want2bSupermum · 06/12/2012 16:11

hiphop I think her name was shortened to Kate for media purposes. It makes her appear more 'normal' compared to her real name of Catherine. Friends who were at Downe House at the same time as her told me she was always known as Catherine, not Kate. That might have changed though but I think it is more likely that there is a PR angle behind it.

msrisotto · 06/12/2012 16:16

Dignified...wasn't she the OW??