Trump State Visit

[MrsLeonFarrell]

A space for thoughts.

My first is that being at Windsor might make it easier to host a foreign leader. Which then begs the question as to whether in the modern age we really need Buckingham Palace. None of the royals like living there and I bet you'd make a fortune hiring it out for events and tourists.

Whilst i find Catherine's coat dresses a little boring it makes sense to have a sort of uniform.

Tbf, the king is also recovering from cancer.

Yes he is. But he’s not had an 18 month bullying campaign against him because of it. You would have understood that if you read the post properly.

I do take your point, the whole thing around her illness was hysterical. However, that is the machine the royals play with and they did not handle it well PR wise.

I think William wants his position, perks but he wants to set the rules, it doesn't work that way. If William continues to try and make the rules around access, PR etc, then I think he's in for a hard time of it. He really needs to come to terms with the world he lives in. He really should have walked away before he had kids, why he didn't abdicate is beyond me. Not only that but Kate married into this s**t show.

I can assure you, I am no Sussex Squad member, I think those two are utter twats.

Oh god, does it always have to be about squads!

Why can't we have Royal threads where people aren't in any squads?

He looks awful! Being obese isn’t looking well!

Sorry, I didn't mean abdicate, I meant step out of the line of succession.

I do take your point, the whole thing around her illness was hysterical. However, that is the machine the royals play with and they did not handle it well PR wise.

Exactly, it was a PR fuck up but that's also the nature of being Royal, the press can be good & bad. The Royals got a much harder time in the press when I was growing up.

He looks awful! Being obese isn’t looking well!

I thought he had the stats of a 19 yr old athlete! 😆

A bit of fat fills you out at 80

It’s quite obviously a calculated attack on Catherine by Sussex Squad and it’s very transparent when it’s happening.

So yes, that’s probably why people have issues when commenting on Catherine’s appearance.

I once said I didn't like a particular dress Kate was wearing and I was accused of being Sussex Squad. Utterly ridiculous! I can think a particular style of ONE dress didnt suit her and say so, without being Sussex Squad!

Opinions are allowed on a forum....

According to him. He is obese. He is clearly struggling with his health. He eats a diet of McDonald’s and coke. He is not a healthy man.

I haven’t seen a bullying campaign. Unnecessary speculation in some sections of the media but the public seem to have been generally empathetic.

I did read your post. I just don’t agree with you. No need to be rude.

Charles looks at least ten years older than he is and really does not look well.

I feel sorry for the elderly Royals, forced to live in those draughty old castles and palaces. I'm sure if they were moved to nice modern flats on estates in, say, Edinburgh or Windsor, they would be happier and more comfortable. And the thousands of rooms they own but do not live in could be used to house the homeless, maybe the homeless veterans that they say they love.

That's fair enough.

I always find it hard to decipher how he looks.

I mean there’s literally a thread on here where people were all gleefully speculating that she was wearing a wig. Only it turned out it wasn’t. Her hair went a bit poofy in the humidity and the sunlight (and possible media) made it look blonder than it actually was. But yeah, there’s definitely no bullying campaign against her. And I guess the whole ‘Where’s Kate’ fiasco never happened either?

Those things did happen but surely you don't think that's the majority of right minded people?

Not liking an outfit is fair criticism. Saying someone looks haggard and unwell isn’t, especially if you know that person is recovering from a serious illness. There’s a difference. That’s one of the reasons why i prefer to comment on the style thread, they criticise the clothes not the person.

I'm sure if they were moved to nice modern flats on estates in, say, Edinburgh or Windsor, they would be happier and more comfortable.

Thequirkymaker Does that apply to anyone who lives in a house bigger than they need?

Not forgetting the dreadful racist stuff from that Scobie toad, though people thought it was Kate, PoW could also have meant Camilla, as at the time, as well as Duchess of Cornwall, she was also PoW but didn’t use the title.

Mind you I’d not believe it of the king either, so I suspect it was a load of rubbish or came from concern as to what the press may be like.

Of course not. Like I said previously, it’s quite obvious to tell when someone is SS. They are very transparent in their attacks. Luckily they are what I like to call a vocal minority.

Do the comments of a few oddly obsessed people constitute a bullying campaign? I don’t think so.

I just find it bizarre that there’s these labels - Kensington whatever v Sussex squad. It’s insane.

No one ever took offence at any remark not applicable to them.

Sussex Squad chose that name themselves. As far as I know, there aren’t any other squads.

To be honest, you’re all like children