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Above them in station

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BradfordGirl · 09/01/2023 15:34

I think one of the fundamental issues at the heart of the Royal Family is that those higher in the hierarchy do believe they are better than those lower in the hierarchy. This is what they are raised to believe. So William and Kate do think they are automatically better than Harry and Meghan. And George will believe he is better than Charlotte and Louis.

It is a messed up and it is obvious why it would lead to dysfunctional family relationships.

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Roussette · 10/01/2023 09:14

The hierarchy is alive and well even behind closed doors within a family!

blobby10 · 10/01/2023 09:29

Hierarchy definitely exists in other families! My grandmother was a raging snob and believed she was way better than 'other people' just because she lived in the biggest house in the village. She also revered her eldest son and favoured him over her youngest even though it was the younger one who did everything for her after Granddad died. She did treat them equally in her will though!!

She also worshipped her grandsons over her granddaughters even though it was the granddaughters who looked after her and did her washing and cleaning and shopping in her later years. Both grandsons lived away from the area and when they made their annual visit it was like Jesus himself had come to her!

MarshaMelrose · 10/01/2023 09:35

BradfordGirl · 09/01/2023 16:03

I am not disagreeing. Anyone should have that right. But not really relevant.

The issue is about William, Charles and George being raised to think they are more important and matter more than their siblings.

They're brought up to know they have a specific role and they're sort of in trinity from birth. But if you think that Anne would only Speak in hushed tones to Charles, or that Charlotte wouldn't wouldn't tell George what to do, you must have missed signs of their personality.

Merrymouse · 10/01/2023 09:51

But if you think that Anne would only Speak in hushed tones to Charles

But she still gets on with her job within the hierarchy and observes protocol. Maybe because of her personality, maybe because women are socially conditioned to get on with things, maybe because she just cares more about horses - who knows?

Andrew seems to have had more of a problem with his place in the hierarchy, with damaging consequences.

Charles, William and George literally are more important than their siblings in the hierarchy. The minute you start suggesting they can share the role or play to their strengths, you undermine the whole concept of hereditary monarchy.

purpledalmation · 10/01/2023 09:52

So many assumptions about people you don't know and a system you are not familiar with.

Roussette · 10/01/2023 10:01

MarshaMelrose · 10/01/2023 09:35

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They're children, of course they will squabble and bicker just like any other child.

But it will slowly change I think. Only as far as they will know what place they have in the pecking order. As for their personality, no one has any idea of that.

Stepuptowardsinfinity · 10/01/2023 10:08

Not better but more senior. Like H and M are the junior mangers at the office, W and K are vice presidents and KC is the CEO. You accord senior staff at work respect and let them make the decisions etc. The queen called the royal family The Firm.

Onnabugeisha · 10/01/2023 10:10

BradfordGirl · 09/01/2023 16:03

I am not disagreeing. Anyone should have that right. But not really relevant.

The issue is about William, Charles and George being raised to think they are more important and matter more than their siblings.

I disagree, they are raised to think that they are less free than their younger siblings and it doesn’t matter what they want, their life is predetermined. It’s a golden cage.

MartiniFlan · 10/01/2023 10:11

Well, if W+K think they're more important in the hierarchy than H+M, Harry can't really complain because they think they're more important than the hierarchy than everyone bar the .0000001% of the 0.1%. Weird how Harry only appears to have an issue with hierarchy when he's not right at the top.

SadOrWickedFairy · 10/01/2023 10:33

And as if this is not the case in the acting world which also has nepotism running through it like a river, families of actors, directors, etc., who wouldn't get the jobs they have if they did not have the requisite name or connection with a name.

For Meghan to be surprised that William and Catherine were above her and Harry within the system is laughable when she comes from the acting world and knows full well the difference between the 'Stars' of any production and the way they are treated in comparison with the other actors within the same production.

Stepuptowardsinfinity sums it up well.

Merrymouse · 10/01/2023 11:35

purpledalmation · 10/01/2023 09:52

So many assumptions about people you don't know and a system you are not familiar with.

“God save our gracious King!
Long live our noble King!
God save the King!
Send him victorious,
Happy and glorious,
Long to reign over us,
God save the King.

Thy choicest gifts in store
On him be pleased to pour,
Long may he reign.
May he defend our laws,
And ever give us cause,
To sing with heart and voice,
God save the King.”

It’s all clearly laid out in the national anthem.

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