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To have lost interest in the royal wedding because...

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malificent7 · 12/04/2018 03:59

If the council in Windsor wanting to clear homeless out ?

I mean why don't the royal couple open a shelter instead given they are 'humanitarian' ?

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Mightymucks · 15/04/2018 17:25

I wasn’t suggesting that they are hard working, just that their boringness is actually what the Royal Family aim to be.

The RF is supposed to be a model family morally and K and W’s dull lifestyle epitomises that. They are, as far as we know, a monogamous couple bringing up a young family. They’re also supposed to be apolitical and uncontroversial as part of a constitutional monarchy and they are. We don’t know their political opinions, they don’t appear to have strong opinions on any issues or if they do they don’t share them.

Mightymucks · 15/04/2018 17:29

I didn’t say it was positive coverage saltire, but it was covered.

biscuitraider · 15/04/2018 17:50

They have a huge sense of entitlement, all the royals do. I'm not bothered about any money they have that is their own, but their huge entitlement in regards to privilege and self importance. The fact that they have such vast amounts of money spent on security is something that rankles especially considering the huge cut backs to our police force.

SaltireSaltire · 15/04/2018 17:53

People are easily blinkered. The Queen’s family were supposed to be the model family. Philip a racist buffoon, Anne swearing and abrupt at every turn, Charles cheating on his wife, Andrew ‘air miles’ also divorced - an embarrassment abroad, Edward a long term unemployed ‘has never been’. All the privileges in the world yet can’t even have the good sense to recognise that.
Best just abolish this anachronism.

Viviennemary · 15/04/2018 18:13

After Diana and Fergie think the royals will be alert to any sign of trouble from the Meghan camp. I can't see her buckling down to royal life. It'll be a novelty for a while then she'll be off.,

findingmyfeet12 · 15/04/2018 18:16

Much as I dislike the monarchy, I'd be happy to sit back in the lap of luxury if all I had to do was keep my gob shut and unveil a few plaques every now and then Grin

OpheliaStorm · 15/04/2018 18:18

The only reason the RF are of any interest whatsoever is because a vast number of people hungrily devour the DM and the red tops and mags to see what they are up to.

I have no problem with them, I just don't care about them at all.

With any luck H and Meghan will feck off to their love nest in Botswana and never come back.

As for the rest of them, accident of birth and nabbing their man/woman is all they did really.

Bu paper never refused ink. So the tabloids and mags will make fake news now. Or maybe real news ha ha, NEWS... Meghan wore trousers, etc. etc. and a lot of people lap it up. And always will. It is manufactured. But anyway...

They are fkn parasites. Sorry for the outburst.

Mightymucks · 15/04/2018 18:25

Yes saltire, you’re absolutely right about them not being a model family.

Victoria’s family were the first to use the image of a model family. But in reality they were two monumentally controlling and unloving parents with unhappy children.

Edward VII had a very happy family life but was a sexual incontinent who cheated on his wife dreadfully.

George V and Queen Mary were distant and cold parents with unhappy, frustrated children.

Only George VI and the QM’s family stand up to any scrutiny as a happy, functional family. But even then George VI was a man with his own issues and they failed dismally with Margaret becoming a spoilt unpleasant little madam.

The Queen’s children were a mess. I suppose one argument would be that they are more reflective of modern society with blended families etc.

KM and W have the image of the model family, however I do wonder how true it is behind closed doors. William seems a very angry man. And I remember for a long time the public were conned into thinking C&D had a model family too....

I think the Irish presidential system has a lot going for it. But I’m not sure the country is ready for a Republic. It will be interesting to see what happens when the Queen dies. It will be a shaky period for them and I don’t think troublemakers will be tolerated...

RoseWhiteTips · 15/04/2018 18:38

William “seems” to be an angry man? Really? What makes you say that?

The80sweregreat · 15/04/2018 18:41

I think William was angry for years after his mum died ( understandably) and blamed the press for a lot of it. It must have been hell for both of them. I m not a fan at all, but what they went through back then must have been extremely hard. I would like to think his moved on but who knows?

Mightymucks · 15/04/2018 18:42

It’s well known he absolutely loathes the press, which is understandable. But there are rumours he’s not a massive fan of the UK population at large which obviously is a big problem.

He has a poor relationship with his father too and has been angry at inaccurate reporting leaked by his father’s camp intended to burnish Camilla’s reputation.

The80sweregreat · 15/04/2018 18:46

Maybe he does have bigger problems then. Going to be hard for him if he becomes King. ( I say if as nobody knows what will happen and Prince Charles could do the job for years and his mum isn’t going anywhere soon!) we might be shot of all of them by then.

RoseAndRose · 15/04/2018 19:12

"Princess Margaret’s husband was a member of the aristocracy"

Nope, he was ennobled as a wedding present.

caperberries · 15/04/2018 19:29

With the immediate heirs to the throne now marrying commoners, their offspring are barely ‘royal’ anyway. Within the next couple of generations any number of minor aristocrats will probably have stronger claims to the throne than the Windsors...

Mightymucks · 15/04/2018 19:32

caperberries, that post shows an astounding ignorance of how the hereditary principle works.

And royalty intermarrying is not something seen as necessary or desirable these days. In the past it has led to problems with hereditary diseases like Haemophilia and disabilities caused by inbreeding (eg Habsburg Jaw).

It doesn’t matter if one parent is a commoner, it doesn’t weaken any claim as long as the hereditary line is followed.

Viviennemary · 15/04/2018 19:35

If William needs somebody to blame for his Mother's misery he need look no further than Mrs Camilla parker bowles. Without her Diana might have had a chance of happiness. But no there she was all these years and still there now.

SaltireSaltire · 15/04/2018 19:57

He needs to look at his dad - he had responsibility for his happiness

OpheliaStorm · 15/04/2018 19:59

@Viviennemary

I suppose Charles is a saint and blameless. You know, his father. Tampax phone calls and so on. Odious man with no worldly experience at all. IMV.

But as you say, they are both there now. Blended family indeed.

topcat2014 · 15/04/2018 20:00

I like Harry, but I can't help thinking that, in 18 months "Princess Megan" will be back in good ole USA, complete with mini prince(ss) in tow.

Can you imagine the celebrity points for her?

OpheliaStorm · 15/04/2018 20:05

The happy couple could well decide to decamp to the US of A and leave Harry's despicable father and all the rest of them to it.

I really hope they do. Harry is wealthy already through his mother, and does not need the Civil List payments.

But I suppose he will stay and do his duty. I hope he fecks off TBH and lives a life far away from all the red tops.

I hear that France has marvellous privacy laws......just in case Canada or US doesn't work out.

Money can buy privacy.

Viviennemary · 15/04/2018 20:27

Charles is to blame as well for all the misery. But we are meant to forget all about it and concentrate on his many good works and laud him as future head of the Church of England. Hmm

LuluJakey1 · 15/04/2018 20:39

I think there is soooo much more to come about MM. The Press are holding onto it until after the wedding when it will be a much bigger scandal. [This is according to DH's friend who works for one of the broadsheets. He says they know a lot about a lot of the RF and celebs that they sit on and don't publish]
I find her fake and disingenuous. It is all extremely carefully created PR and when the real details escape every so often, they contradict what she says she is. She and Harry preach the Humanitarian stuff and are all about 'learning from those living in poverty' but live in utter luxury with no expense spared and the homeless cleared from the streets before their wedding. I won't be watching.

Mightymucks · 15/04/2018 20:43

He says they know a lot about a lot of the RF and celebs that they sit on and don't publish]

This is true. They sat on the Squidgygate and Camillagate tapes for years and used it as leverage and only released when the time was right.

findingmyfeet12 · 15/04/2018 20:51

I suspect details of Phillip's "alleged" extra marital dalliances will come out once the coast is clear too.

JennyJames · 15/04/2018 20:59

You think France makes more in tourism than the UK because they no longer have a monarchy???

Have you ever seen the hoards at Versailles?

I’m not saying Versailles isn’t a popular tourist attraction.

My question was, does the poster think that France makes more in tourism than the UK because it no longer has a monarchy?

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