To find the royal family fascinating part 3

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Don’t use it yet just putting it here ready for when part 2 runs out....

They wouldn't dare publish anything they didn't have sources for.

But the sources may not be accurate. Or the sources may be taking a kernel of something that happened and embellished it.

I was being a bit dense there, wasn't I, @Itsnotmesothere? I really must untwist my knickers 😁

I think I was rather distracted by noodle's image of HM the Queen going everywhere with a lavatory seat tucked under her arm.

But the sources may not be accurate. Or the sources may be taking a kernel of something that happened and embellished it.

The standard U.K. print journalism generally adheres to, is to have two credible sources corroborating each other. The editors and the in-house lawyers will insist on that.

If they don't have that, they won't print, though they sometimes hint.

Of course, within that, the tabloids may well go after trivia, scandal and frippery that the broadsheets wouldn't bother with.

But she was being assured there was no egg. So she was effectively accusing staff of lying to her.

Yes, I think that's what ruffles the feathers.

Still not story of the century

I've lived in the US and have lots of American friends. They can come across as being aggressive or rude sometimes when from their point of view, they're just being straightforward. I can totally imagine what the DM says happening.
I think MM is a perfectionist and a control freak. I remember the lady from the Kingdom choir said they had to send several versions of their arrangement til H and M were satisfied. Somehow I can't imagine H having strong opinions about a choir so I took it as MM wanting everything to be perfect. The lady didn't seem to mind though.

I was rather distracted by noodle's image of HM the Queen going everywhere with a lavatory seat tucked under her arm

Relax, mycat - isn't it Charles who's reputed to insist on his own loo seat? And his own food ... and his own mixed drinks ... and his own furniture ... and his own art work ... ?

I recommend Rebel Prince by Tom Bowers for an interesting read. Even if you subtract 90% as exaggeration it still leaves the impression of someone for whom "the wheel's still spinning but the hamster's dead"

"the wheel's still spinning but the hamster's dead"

I have never heard that expression before! But I think I can figure it out

I don't see how royals-from-birth could possibly turn out "normal". Too many yes men. Too much indulgence. Skewed perspective.

It was a placental abruption, right? How awful that “security” was prioritised over an emergency. Sophie must have been terrified.

Yeah it was placental abruption. From the sound of it it was a genuine mix up, but must have been terrified.

@AppleKatie you can really see how that could change their relationship. That was either going to bring them really close or turn into a proper DIL/MIL spat!

I think you can tell how close Sophie is to the Queen with the way her father is included in so many things. People talk about the Middletons and their involvements, but since her mother died Sophie’s father has been invited to join the royals on Christmas Day. That says a lot.

I didn’t know that, that’s nice.

Sophie and the Queen are meant to be very close.

Didn’t know that about Sophie’s dad.
I had heard they were close. At BP they used to watch tv together and are apparently fans of military history.

@Puzzledandpissedoff Thank you for clarifying. It is bonkers though isn't it? I shudder to think what happens if the Royal bottom needs a wipe.

I read the Rebel Prince. It really does not paint a pretty picture of Charles at all.

since her mother died Sophie’s father has been invited to join the royals on Christmas Day

Another one who didn't know that; it's really rather touching

I shudder to think what happens if the Royal bottom needs a wipe

Isn't that what Michael Fawcett's for? As RubberTree said, "Too many yes men. Too much indulgence. Skewed perspective" ... they don't stand a hope in hell basically

I shudder to think what happens if the Royal bottom needs a wipe.

Hence that once highly sought-after position of Groom of the Stool.

Don’t they have 5 changes of clothes or something on Christmas Day? Not as relaxing as you might think for Sophie’s dad.

Christmas Day isn’t relaxing for anyone who isn’t a teenager though 😂

One would assume it’s less weird for Sophie’s dad than it would be for joe Bloggs since she was hardly living an ‘average’ life before she married. (I assume, realise I don’t actually know!)

@SenecaFalls GOOS. 🤢

One would assume it’s less weird for Sophie’s dad than it would be for joe Bloggs since she was hardly living an ‘average’ life before she married. (I assume, realise I don’t actually know!)

Sophie came from an affluent middle class background but was by no means aristocratic. So, pretty average in a lot of ways!

since her mother died Sophie’s father has been invited to join the royals on Christmas Day.

Poor man would probably prefer to be a friend's house wearing a paper hat and snoozing in front of the TV.

Sorry to drag the conversation back to Edward VII's sex chair, but look what I found when googling it to show DH - a Dirty Bertie sex chair for your royal dolls' house. Little Tikes it most certainly isn't.

www.facebook.com/SBSAustralia/videos/10155812264398686/?v=10155812264398686

Australian Gogglebox showing people watching a programme about Victoria that shows the presenters describing Bertie's sex chair (one of them is standing on it)

I'm buckled laughing again

Gogglebox is the perfect medium for this!

The secret life of Queen Victoria from the Gogglebox link above. The Bertie & his sex chair part starts at 24m 30