Have you lost faith/trust in the royal family?

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Recent events

AIBU to lose faith and trust in what we get to hear about the royal family?

What would restore your faith in the royal family?

I've always presumed they generally feel they’re above everyone else and treat the public largely with contempt in private - which is now spilling over into a public view.

With social media and now everyone is or can be an expert even if they’ve no actual knowledge, and the royals hand in hand to that wanting to be more relatable , the more soap opera like it the whole thing becomes.

I did in William/Kate, but the recent handling of events by KP has resulted in the loss of faith. No one wants to be treated like a fool, therefore I'm reviewing my stance of the members of the royal family whom I respected as flag carriers for England, my country

Affairs left, right and centre. QE2 paying off a woman accusing her son of rape. Harry selling gossip about the family. The King taking wads of cash.

I don’t think anyone has ever found them trustworthy, have they?

The late Queen was a human and made mistakes like we all do through life, but the one thing she did superbly well was to take seriously the vows and promises she made during her coronation service and saw them through to the end. She dedicated herself to her role as Monarchy to the detriment of her role as mother, at times.

With her death, things are falling apart somewhat. We have a King who wanted to be 'defender of faiths' until he realised this was incompatible with the vows he had to take. It makes me wonder if he was merely paying lip service to it all, rather than acting with personal integrity. If he couldn't take the vows, truly believing in his heart, the words he was saying, he should have stood aside. As a human, I have compassion for the current illness for which he is being treated.

Royalty, at present, seems to be a bit of a rudder-less ship.

Never trusted them to begin with and certainly don't like any if them. Any respect i had ended with the Queen, none of the current lot (except Princess Anne) have her sense of duty or work ethic.

I don't care what were being told, its odd. My sister had cancer and a total hysterectomy in her 40s and she was out of hospital within days. I get that Kate was in a private hospital but in for 2 weeks? And William taking time off and reducing his already small workload. If I told my work i was working less for months because my partner had surgery but still wanted the same money id be told to jog on.

Good question.

I would say I was previously ambivalent with a dose of healthy respect for the Queen.

Currently I'm wondering what is the point of the institution from both sides.
The last few weeks I've concluded I don't wish to be ruled by anyone and realistically what on earth is in it for them.

They would hardly be poor without public funding if they decided to bail.

is this a gossip forum or a campaign?

no
but I'm slightly bemused by the over reaction on both sides.

I think the royal rota and people like you and the death threats Meghan and Archie received and all the other hate are why the Sussexes felt they had no other choice but to speak out because Buckingham & Kensington Palaces remained completely and totally silent.
Don’t forget the Jeremy Clarkson article and the Piers Morgan war against both Meghan and Harry. Morgan walked off his on-air job after being confronted over that.
It’s been over seven long years and people are still vitriolic towards them — but only after a few short months of taunting Catherine and people are demanding that it stop.
I’m not a big fan of bullies - and the bullies are still out in full force against Meghan. What’s wrong with standing up for yourself if nobody else is standing up for you?

I've never 'trusted' them in the first place.

I am sorry, they are not like the rest of us.

My indifference to them is overshadowed by the feeling that they hold us all in utter contempt and laugh at us from behind the wheels of their Range Rovers every day.

No of course not, what’s all this trust nonsense. Give over. It was an edited photo. And it wasn’t personal to you.

Blimey, that’s paranoid. In extreme. I really don’t think they are doing that, do you have other issues of paranoia round the famous or even folks you know?

Ok. Punctuation may make that clearer.

They are humans, like the rest of us.

Not they are like the rest of us.

I lost any trust on the royal family looooong long ago when the Charles and Diana affair came out. Don't give two hoots about any of them but periodically feel sorry for William and Harry. It's got to mess you up having that upbringing.

Well I think they have failed to show respect to their subjects. They laugh at us for having all this tattle talk, while they themselves have shown contempt for our intelligence with all the stupid moves they have made since Christmas. They don't care about us or you, and if you think they do, well I'm afraid it may be you who has issues.

Don't be ridiculous.

The utter hysteria of the last few weeks is unbelievable!

This

And this

I have so little faith in the RF

Didn't have it in the first place but if I did this would be it for me. Now they are trying to garner sympathy with these sources saying how shocked and upset they with are and now she might discuss her health...literally piss off with this faux sympathy play.

Rather the whole institution goes away

The monarchy finished for me when QEII passed. As it has done for millions of us. Monarchy approval ratings are below 50% for the first time ever.

It's time to end the hereditary monarchy. Times have changed. The Republic website for abolishment of the monarchy sign up no's have gone through the roof since QEII passed.

As for H & M, which have been bought up. They have every right to respond to 8 years of daily relentless racism, nastiness, gossip, and lies.

BK and KP have been the main leakers. W office started in 2019 so they could bury the story of W affair true or otherwise.

H was treated like sh*t by his family even before that. They have every right to respond. They did it up front. Not hiding behind "royal sources"

Before you start on about H this and that, Charles wrote a book with his Ghost writer Jonathon Dimberlby in the early 90s.

He also did a documentary where he was interviewed about his life with Jonathon Dimberlby in 1994.

In this, he spoke about his cold and distance parents, school, and how awful his childhood had been.

It was in June 1994, BTW. On that show, he also admitted his affair with Camilla. Though he said otherwise, the affair had never stopped since before Charles married Diana.

For transparency, Diana was interviewed the year after in 1995.

I've never thought they should be perfect. We are paying for their privileged dysfunction.

The Queen II was a different era, solid and stable. That time has gone, and so should they be.

Yes, I do research through the drowned media soaking of vilification towards The Sussexs

I like and admire Anne and Sophie, the others don't seem important or contribute much to society.

Never had any in the first place. Love pretty frocks and scandal though.

I respected the Queen but now she’s gone I don’t feel any loyalty to any of them and no, I don’t find them at all trustworthy.