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Prince Charles's alleged lovechild

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Applemayjune · 18/10/2024 22:16

Did you see the story in the news that a man in Australia has said that he is Prince Charles 's and Camilla's lovechild. Apparently security are watching him as he said that he is going to try to go and see them

This is lighthearted, so don't come at me. It's just in the news today, and was wondering what are your thoughts?

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Babyboomer60 · 21/10/2024 21:54

Applemayjune · 18/10/2024 22:35

He said that his grandmother told him on her death bed, that he was Camilla and Charles child.

I mean it could have happened. For sure.

But there's not any evidence besides one woman telling him that.

Bless her! 😂

Calliopespa · 21/10/2024 21:56

Screamingabdabz · 18/10/2024 22:33

I don’t think he looks anything like either of them… he looks like a typical middle aged Crocodile Dundee Ausi to me - the type straight out of Kath and Kim. No aristo blood there whatsoever. Cool story though.

The croc dundee look is the sunshine and clothing more than anything. I couldn’t see the princess Charlotte resemblance in the photos I saw tbh. But there is one comparing him to William side on and I have to say it was quite a striking resemblance …

Calliopespa · 21/10/2024 22:10

Calliopespa · 21/10/2024 21:56

The croc dundee look is the sunshine and clothing more than anything. I couldn’t see the princess Charlotte resemblance in the photos I saw tbh. But there is one comparing him to William side on and I have to say it was quite a striking resemblance …

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To this I would add, however, you can’t really base these things on resemblance. Unrelated people can look similar, and related people quite different. I think Princess Anne looks nothing like Prince Andrew.

OneAquaPombear · 21/10/2024 22:27

Prince Charles? Or King Charles?

Bagpuss83 · 21/10/2024 22:38

Are "lovechildren" created as part of a loving relationship?

Or one that is all about sex, lust and a lack of morality?

Needanewname42 · 21/10/2024 23:18

Smartiesoncake553 · 21/10/2024 21:34

I disagree. If she hadn’t been betrayed and let down in her marriage in such a spectacularly dishonest and public fashion, I doubt she would have gone looking for love and validation in all sorts of unsuitable places.

She was let down by her own family who thought it was a wonderful idea to get their teenager married off ASAP to a man 12 years older £££££ is the one and only reason they did it.
They met 7 times before the engagement.

He was also bullied into it.

Absolutely nuts that anyone thought it was a good idea. A very badly matched arranged marriage.

MeTooOverHere · 21/10/2024 23:25

Has anyone compared the other love children to this guy or to William?

Smartiesoncake553 · 21/10/2024 23:41

Needanewname42 · 21/10/2024 23:18

She was let down by her own family who thought it was a wonderful idea to get their teenager married off ASAP to a man 12 years older £££££ is the one and only reason they did it.
They met 7 times before the engagement.

He was also bullied into it.

Absolutely nuts that anyone thought it was a good idea. A very badly matched arranged marriage.

Her family did let her down and I’m not saying Charles was in an easy situation but can a
thirty-two year old man really be bullied in to becoming engaged to a nineteen year old? Especially when he was in love with someone else. He behaved with so little integrity throughout to both women frankly and he’s now head of the Church of England.

Why are we in favour of an institution that requires its members to go through such ridiculous dishonesty and personal pain, for the sake of what; appearances?

So much generational pain too with children as collateral damage. It’s ridiculous.

CatchOnToYersel · 21/10/2024 23:48

William married for love. That much is clear to see. Despite some rather bitter folk insinuating that he did not.

I’m sure his children will be fine.

Needanewname42 · 22/10/2024 00:00

Smartiesoncake553 · 21/10/2024 23:41

Her family did let her down and I’m not saying Charles was in an easy situation but can a
thirty-two year old man really be bullied in to becoming engaged to a nineteen year old? Especially when he was in love with someone else. He behaved with so little integrity throughout to both women frankly and he’s now head of the Church of England.

Why are we in favour of an institution that requires its members to go through such ridiculous dishonesty and personal pain, for the sake of what; appearances?

So much generational pain too with children as collateral damage. It’s ridiculous.

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He was shipped of when he was developing feelings for Camilla
She didn't think he was interested and went for APB.

Charles came back to find her hooked up and the pressure was on to find a suitable broodmare.

They were both let down by people who should have known better.
Note Anne and Andrews marriages also failed.

Edward and the next generation were told to calm and make their own choices

minipie · 22/10/2024 00:09

I can’t see any resemblance to either of them in any of his features. Maybe his gran had a dark sense of humour.

Smartiesoncake553 · 22/10/2024 00:32

CatchOnToYersel · 21/10/2024 23:48

William married for love. That much is clear to see. Despite some rather bitter folk insinuating that he did not.

I’m sure his children will be fine.

His children will be fine?

Really?

There are already Instagram accounts examining Charlotte’s fashion choices.

You Tube videos with lip readers trying to work out what the Royal children are saying to one another.

Paparazzi hiding in shrubs and stalking them on private family bike rides?

Why do we need to put them through it? All so we can ooh and aah over photos of them on Easter Sunday?

CatchOnToYersel · 22/10/2024 10:17

This will be the last I comment on this because they are children.

They have two stable parents who love them and spend time with them. And they have seen the worst of people with the furore round their mother being ill.

Of course you’ll remember that there were clamours for her to be seen. Shouts of she was being lazy. All other sorts of nasty rumours. I hope you spoke about that vociferously. I know I did. And so did other decent people. I would imagine that nasty speculation had far more impact on them as a family.

Although you are right about the stalking paparazzi. Which I believe is the reason photos are released so that they may left alone by the press at other times when they are not in the public eye.

Someone once made very similar comments to you on here. They pointed out that it was the Wales’ fault for taking their children out to events and that it was part and parcel of being royal to expect paps. Even the children. They also felt that it was very unreasonable for William to get angry when that independent rogue ‘gentleman’ pursued them.

And you might be ooohing and aaahing but most of us aren’t.

If folk want to trawl sites about kiddie fashion (creepy) and lip reading kids’ conversations? (equally creepy). It says more about folk who know about them and watch them than you’d think.

And yes I hope they’ll be fine. As much as you can say that about any child. I’ve seen enough of children ‘breaking’ or going down the wrong road without the interest in them that the Wales children experience.

They have a loving family around them. Family with them. Family supporting them. A family network who can help prepare them for those lacking critical thinking coming out with a whole heap of manufactured yap. That is half the battle.

And there is no need to @me. I’m do not wish to know about questionable stuff on the internet about children. Thanks.

diddl · 22/10/2024 13:15

She was let down by her own family who thought it was a wonderful idea to get their teenager married off ASAP to a man 12 years older

I'm not sure that they thought it was that unusual though given that her parents married at similar ages.

Jane's husband was also ten years her senior.

CecilyP · 22/10/2024 13:35

I'm not sure that they thought it was that unusual though given that her parents married at similar ages.

And look how that turned out!

Needanewname42 · 22/10/2024 15:21

CecilyP · 22/10/2024 13:35

I'm not sure that they thought it was that unusual though given that her parents married at similar ages.

And look how that turned out!

And presumably the parents met more that 7 times before they got engaged.
Thats the bit that gets me.
And Di had doubts before the wedding but was encouraged to go through with it.

It's pointless talking about the ins and outs of an arranged marriage that happened 40 years ago.

It certainly gives me a different view of the Queen Mother, who was keen for Charles to marry one of her friends Granddaughters.

diddl · 22/10/2024 17:04

Oh I agree-I'm not saying it made it right, just that the idea of her being so young & the age difference might not have seemed such a thing to them as others.

Boomer55 · 22/10/2024 17:06

Oh, right. Another love child then. 🙄. Multitudes have gone before. 😂

diddl · 22/10/2024 17:06

It certainly gives me a different view of the Queen Mother, who was keen for Charles to marry one of her friends Granddaughters.

Well Charles was her GS so she may have viewed them as contemporaries!

SpudleyLass · 22/10/2024 20:12

Smartiesoncake553 · 21/10/2024 21:34

I disagree. If she hadn’t been betrayed and let down in her marriage in such a spectacularly dishonest and public fashion, I doubt she would have gone looking for love and validation in all sorts of unsuitable places.

I'm pretty sure she cheated first.

Plus, she inflicted that pain on other married women. I have no sympathy, sorry.

She was not that naive - she grew up on the Sandringham estate, she knew the royals well before dating Charles

It's hard to believe that her "naive ingenue" shtick has people fooled even 27 years after her death.

Needanewname42 · 22/10/2024 20:32

I don't think it matters who cheated first. The marriage should just never have happened.

Smartiesoncake553 · 22/10/2024 21:29

SpudleyLass · 22/10/2024 20:12

I'm pretty sure she cheated first.

Plus, she inflicted that pain on other married women. I have no sympathy, sorry.

She was not that naive - she grew up on the Sandringham estate, she knew the royals well before dating Charles

It's hard to believe that her "naive ingenue" shtick has people fooled even 27 years after her death.

This is exactly the sort of narrative I mentioned down thread that has grown up … strangely enough … since KC and Camilla have married and become King and Queen! Funny that isn’t it?

How do you know she cheated first? And why are you so welded to that belief?

Camilla was at their wedding fhs!

She was very much present throughout their engagement too. There are press photos of Camilla with Diana at the races during that period of time. And they met for lunch in London. The then PoW and Camilla obviously thought that Diana would be a compliant young woman who would fit neatly in to their plans! It was extremely manipulative.

What was done to Diana was unjust and there’s no getting around it.

How would you like to exchange vows with someone at the altar in good faith in front of thousands in rl and millions watching through tv and then find out it was all a big set up? And have the whole world know?

It’s certainly enough to make an insecure young women seek validation in the arms of unsuitable men.

Smartiesoncake553 · 22/10/2024 21:36

Needanewname42 · 22/10/2024 20:32

I don't think it matters who cheated first. The marriage should just never have happened.

It doesn’t in the long term but I hate this misogynistic re-writing of history that makes out that Charles being in love with his then mistress didn’t factor in to the events that followed!

And somehow because Charles and Camilla have the establishment behind them that his cheating was legitimate and hers wasn’t!

Welcome back to Victorian gaslighting: she was mad and bad don’t you know!

redtrain123 · 22/10/2024 21:50

The press was falling out of love with Diana, who was beginning to lead a celebrity lifestyle. Her death catapulted her into sainthood.

HollyKnight · 22/10/2024 22:05

Does anyone else remember just before Diana died she was apparently going to make an announcement? Speculation was not kind. I remember that so vividly but no one else seems to.