Princess of Wales ad family

[Desperate2023]

Wishing, Princess Kate a speedy and full recovery from me and my family.
Looking forward to Kate and William doing their bit for the UK soon.
A great family that is adored around the world.

Gosh some people seem to have far too much time on their hands…

As do you if you’ve read enough to make that assumption.

On the contrary- just skim-reading the previous page was enough

This sums up the whole thread. Most of it is not in the spirit of MN. I don’t know why it’s allowed to stand

why should it not be allowed to stand. other threads are

Agree with Samcro

I find it interesting how monarchists are always intent on shutting down discussion on the grounds that it is “against the spirit of Mumsnet” or “unseemly” in some way.

If the monarchy is so popular and secure you should be able to let views that are opposite to your own stand or fall on their own merits and not be so defensive all the time!

That is very much in the spirit of a public forum with free flowing discussions surely?

what on earth is "the spirit of mn"?

why should it not be allowed to stand. other threads are

And people say exactly the same thing on those threads, of course! It’s just different people saying it.

Same.

I skim read some titles in active and can't believe this topic is still here. It's borderline obsessional.

She doesn't give a shiny one about any of you, you know.

No one is discussing the Monarchy.

Some people are gossiping about a woman's private medical history, insinuating she is suffering DV, is in a loveless marriage, has no friends and has been abandoned by her family, has an eating disorder and that her husband is having an affair.

But apparently, that's all OK because no one ever says anything nasty about W&K.

But let's not pretend we're discussing the Monarchy here.

I will remember that the above is very much apparently in the spirit of MN when discussing other Royal couples though.

Frankly I’m glad it’s allowed to stand and in fact I wish there’d be a grand unmasking and some posters would have to read out in public their vitriolic posts. I wonder if they have the same thoughts about family/friends? Ime mean-spirited people are not focused on a sole object…

Your constant nitpicking is tedious - I was posting at stupid o'clock and said I was tired - I apologise if that means my posts aren't eloquent enough for you.

I'm not moving any goal posts - I'm doing the equivalent of having a conversation - you know, when someone doesn't analyse and rip apart every word that doesn't agree with you.

How do you know that the only example of current royals is H&M?

I don't know what you are aiming at, or what you think my views are on the Sussexes etc - but to make it plain I can't abide them. Of course I know about the stuff that's in the news - but I dont follow any of their own stuff, I havent read Spare and I didnt watch the documentary - so I have no clue what they personally are saying, other than the quotes that have appeared in the news.

I am also pro-royals as a general opinion. As I've said, I hope what we've been officially told is true and is all that is going on. Plenty others have said similar, and as a pp said, nobody is suggesting that IS what is happening - we're simply speculating that there is possibly/likely something else (even if it's very minor) going on, as there would be in any family in a similar situation re health worries

I thought the spirit of MN was to be a safe, supportive place for women.

Ah, OK - yep, I agree!

I wonder if some people are so used to all the blabbing by Harry and Meghan and their announcements about every single little thing they do that they can't understand why some people prefer to keep their non public life private. Maybe that is it? Their perception has been altered by a limelight and income seeking pair who look for attention all the time.

sorry, posted too soon! Question DV etc doesnt mean we're having a go at her, though - I'm not sure if thats what you're referring to, or to the posters who seem to be saying that it's impossible that DV is even a consideration

It's the phrase that Admin use when they delete some posts.

I can’t speak for everyone but some of us are very much trying to have a serious discussion about republicanism MrsFinkelstein

And as the monarchy is an institution involving a family who choose to involve the entire country in their births, weddings, and all the good bits, I’m afraid there is bound to be public discussion about their illnesses and absences and funerals too. That’s how it works! That is one of my objections to it actually. That the psychological pressure on them as individuals is too much.

I dislike gratuitous nastiness being written about anyone, whether they are royal or not. But where are you drawing the line?

Is it wrong to point out that coercive control and dv can take place in any echelon of society?

Is it wrong to criticise Will’s working hours?

The last time I looked this was an open discussion forum. It isn’t a meeting run by monarchists who dictate the points of interest!

Let’s face it, people only think things are unseemly when the couple being discussed are senior members of the RF. It’s game on for anyone else who has tried to escape!

You need to read the title of this thread. The Title isn't republicanism.

Well the whole thing has certainly shown that women are wrong when they share and wrong when they don't. If she released a photo of herself working at a desk she'd probably be wrong for doing that too.

How incredibly hypocritical of you. You are all over the board talking about a couple that no longer work for us and no longer take our money, most of those comments are very mean spirited. Why are you so upset when the same is done to actual working members, one of whom will be our head of state?

i don’t think I have ever, ever wished H&M ill and certainly not salivated over the possibility of poor health or sneered about their appearance (once got deleted ages ago for suggesting that Harry had had a hair transplant ).

But nice of you to notice me

You need to read the title of this thread. The Title isn't republicanism.

Thank you MrsMingleton for that suggestion but this thread is over 890 posts long. The discussion, as it often does, has broadened from the original
subject.

And inevitably as the monarchy is represented by a family; family issues will be discussed. According to monarchists; isn’t it being a family meant to be one of its strengths? That we are not represented by a single dictator?

If you read through it all, you will see that most if not all Republicans on here have wished KM well. And Wills for that matter!

Honestly if you and MrsFinkelstein and others were so genuinely concerned about the privacy and mh of the RF then you wouldn’t be supporting a system that puts them all in such an intolerable and invidious position.

Nobody is doing those things here though, thats hyperbole. They're doing nothing you and others don't do to other royals, at a far greater rate. It's not hard to notice you, you are all over the threads. If you're going to admonish other posters for their comments, expect yours to be raised too. Would you be happy to publicly read out everything you've written on these boards?

Totally agree with you. On a royal board, the topic of republicanism will undoubtedly come up and as MN don't seem to want to create a separate space for that discussion, it will be had here, and probably more increasingly so.