Beatrice and Eugenie banned from Ascot

[Viviennemary]

Beatrice and Eugenie have been banned from the royal box at Ascot and from royal events in the foreseeable future. That's according to a headline in the Daily Mail. A little part of me feels a bit sorry for them as they're not their parents. I don't like them much but they do seem to symbolise all that's wrong with the royals. Money and immense wealth and priviledge for very little return.

Yes, the idea that a 3 year old must have as much food as a 5 year old, or an 11 yr old as much as a teenager is a bit crazy.

And, strangely, older siblings often want to dress differently to younger ones.

Indeed! All this faux concern about royal children and supposed favouritism is baffling! , all children experience favouritism and an unequal upbringing, it’s the nature of the world! Sons over daughters, rich over poor, oldest over youngest! .
my own grandmother favoured boys and treated my older brother with obvious favouritism 🤷‍♀️.
the monarchy is a hierarchy, this has been universally known by all for most of recorded history, apparently only Harry and a handful of posters find this surprising!

Hmm the Easter Sunday service they are no longer attending may not even be broadcast anyway, what is it they will miss out on really? Well they miss out on all the booing and questions thay will get shouted at I suppose....

Says alot if even the cash strapped BBC is prioristing other shows over broadcasting a service the RF are attemding, I thought they were so popular people would want to see them?

Faux concern? I was raised along eoth my siblings equally, equality being a cornerstone of my religion.

There was no favouritism, if my parent gave one sibling x money we all got the same. My mum particularly who herself had faced inequality with her siblings due to cultural and aoxiety norms of thoae times was determined to break the cycle and hats off to her. She did. She treats the grandkids the same way, everything is equal and she would never say anything to make any of them feel they are less than the other.

So there are plenty of people out there who are capable of treating their children amd grandchildren equally.

Sorry you didn't get to have thay experience i wouldn't wish it on anyone.

The monarchy can break the cycle too of they choose to.

It is indeed baffling @jeffgoldblum no parent treat their children the same, we all have roles and responsibilities within the family, my older sister had to be the responsible one as she was older for example and had to look after me on occasion.

Hmm the Easter Sunday service they are no longer attending may not even be broadcast anyway, what is it they will miss out on really?

Is it usually?

I thought it was usually a private service in St George's Chapel at Windsor.

What has your upbringing got to do with anything?
my parents also treated my siblings the same way!
your concern for children ( who are all adults and have been for decades) is very confusing when you seem to criticise them all for everything they do!
the monarchy and aristocratic society is different from way things work, yet you are calling for sympathy for people who have grown up with more privilege and wealth than any other children, the only way royal family members would all be treated the same as the monarch is if there was no monarchy at all ! And I’m sure that would upset them a lot more when they are no longer able to access those same privileges!
I will add ..the way you twisted @BigWillyLittleTodgerpost to make it seem she was talking about children and being uncaring when she clearly wasn’t hasn’t gone unnoticed!

Well you spoke about your personal upbringing first..why are you allowed to bring your upbringing up because as you say to me what has it got to do with anything?

Your parents might have but you said yojr grandmother didn't...so 💁‍♀️

And quite frankly gone unnoticed by whom? Sounds abit like your threatening me by saying that.

My parents treated us as equally as they could - not as far as money was concerned (they didn't have any) but in other ways.

That doesn't mean they gave the youngest child the same amount to eat as the oldest, or dressed us the same. We all were given what we needed, and equivalent treats when they were available. We were loved and cared for equally.

I will add ..the way you twisted @BigWillyLittleTodgerpost to make it seem she was talking about children and being uncaring when she clearly wasn’t hasn’t gone unnoticed!

Thank you @jeffgoldblum I was clearly talking about adults fighting over the throne and didn’t appreciate my words being twisted, much appreciated 🙏🏻.

By every one reading your posts!
by the way I like your new username.

No worries, it was obvious what you meant and the reply you received made it obvious that they knew that too!

And quite frankly gone unnoticed by whom? Sounds abit like your threatening me by saying that.

Oh behave, a poster saying they noticed you have twisted another posters words isn’t threatening.

My one sentence throw away comment, is not the same as your long essay.

And let's notbget started on the Golden Chid / Scapegoat thing that so many of us here seem to know so well.

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How do you know what other posters are thinking about my posts?

I do not understand what you mean by new username? This is the only username I have?

yes I’ve noticed the little group formed here!

Inequality is pretty common in many families and a fact of life. Hereditary estates/titles all go to the eldest, family businesses often pass to one sibling as do family farms (my SIL knew from an early age that the "boy" would inherit the farm).

It seems to be a particular issue for royal younger siblings (AMW/Harry) with a certain sense of entitlement that their children should be Prince/Princesses and have privileges because of this. Princess Margaret was the spare - but her children were not working royals nor held princely titles. Only Andrew chose for his kids to be princesses - Anne chose no titles and Edward chose lesser titles.

A lot of Royal houses of Europe have faced this issue and streamlined the RF to the heir and their family
2023 - Denmark stripped all of the prince/princess titles from Prince Joakim's (the spare's) 4 children who are now styled Count/Countess of Monpezat
2019 - Sweden removed HRH titles from the children of the Kings younger children - Carl Phillip has also during childhood gone from being the heir to the spare

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Flattered but not interested

indeed ! But I’m the wrong poster on this thread but now I’m feeling intrigued and a certain recognition.😁
you weren’t keen last time I used that phrase were you.

Totally agree. My DCs are very different but are treated equally, always have been

It was very different in the family I grew up in, boys over girls and even worse than that which I can't go into