The Royal Family #13

LoopyLou47 said:

I suspect she was used as a scapegoat so they could get rid of Edward the Nazi, so the abdication was all to do with Edward and nothing really to do with her. So a ' commoner' has taken the blame for decades for something caused by the RF offering up an unpleasant and wholly unsuitable head of state.

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I agree.
Likewise Smegs has been of great use moving Hazza off shore.
Left to his own devices, everytime he opens his mouth on anything beyond being a HappyChappy, he confirms that his is not that bright & woefully entitled. In her own way, Smegs is both canny & calculating, & gullible & gauche.

Fingers crossed, the Jubilee year is an alignment of unfortunate events, culmination of shams & shamings left undone for too long & the beginning of an informal regency. Throw in some pomp & splendor, & what a year 2022 will be.

Alas all of this is overshadowed by the spectre of war, economic blight and nations led by donkeys.
It is almost grim, almost tragic & time for a good laugh.

Here is an video that focuses on dispelling rumours about William's infidelity.

I checked the comments under the video and so many people strongly believe that Will would never do such thing. And why not? Will and Kate has spend almost 20 years together, they have had their ups and downs like millions of couples around the world.
Why do people have this urge to believe in royal fairy tales, perfect couples who never make mistakes?

Maybe that whole Rose thing never happened, or maybe it was some other woman. But this belief that a child whose parents cheated on each other would never cheat is pretty naive and simplistic.

LadyQuaithe said:

Here is an video that focuses on dispelling rumours about William's infidelity.

I checked the comments under the video and so many people strongly believe that Will would never do such thing. And why not? Will and Kate has spend almost 20 years together, they have had their ups and downs like millions of couples around the world.
Why do people have this urge to believe in royal fairy tales, perfect couples who never make mistakes?

Maybe that whole Rose thing never happened, or maybe it was some other woman. But this belief that a child whose parents cheated on each other would never cheat is pretty naive and simplistic.

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Wow William looks so much like Diana in this pic

LadyQuaithe said:

Here is an video that focuses on dispelling rumours about William's infidelity.

I checked the comments under the video and so many people strongly believe that Will would never do such thing. And why not? Will and Kate has spend almost 20 years together, they have had their ups and downs like millions of couples around the world.
Why do people have this urge to believe in royal fairy tales, perfect couples who never make mistakes?

Maybe that whole Rose thing never happened, or maybe it was some other woman. But this belief that a child whose parents cheated on each other would never cheat is pretty naive and simplistic.

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I hope he didn't, but who knows

They've obviously moved on if it happened.

Reraciara said:

Imagine spending hundreds of thousands on sending your kids to the best schools in the country only for them to end up being glorified housewives - and before people say I am fully aware that they sent them to those schools to get th in the right circles not for an, education which is one of the saddest things I've ever heard

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honestly sounds like my dream, sorry to the suffragettes and 21st century women, but I’m bored of working and would love nothing more than being a rich housewife

FenellaTheWitch said:

He was advised to smoke to help calm his nerves and help with his speech impediment.
It is believed the speech impediment came about because of the verbal abuse he suffered from George V.

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He was also left-handed and forced to write with his right as was normal at the time. The older children were abused by their nanny who tried to destroy their relationship with their parents. He suffered from chronic digestive problems, especially during WW1, but refused to take more than the bare minimum sick leave. He was present at the Battle of Jutland as a normal naval officer, not shielded at all. Has anyone heard of any rumours about mistresses because I haven't? What seems to have made Bertie happy was quite simply being with his wife and children as a family and I suspect that he probably loved Elizabeth more than she did him, at least at the beginning. The happy family atmosphere was certainly appreciated by the then Prince Philippos of Greece who was invited to stay during his leave and who had lost his immediate family life at the age of nine.

I'm from Aberdeen and there's a story that is still remembered. Edward had become king and was due to open the brand new large hospital complex of Aberdeen Royal Infirmary at Foresterhill on the then city outskirts on a greenfield site. This was during the usual time spent at Balmoral. At the last moment, Edward pleaded illness and Bertie stepped in to take his place. The very same day, Edward was seen - apparently perfectly healthy - at Aberdeen Joint Station to meet Wallis off the London train. It did not go down well.

The London government was also worried about Edward's habit of leaving state documents lying around while socialising with dodgy friends, several documents coming back with glass rings and cocktail spills on them after weekend parties at Fort Belvedere at Windsor (one of the houses that the Cambridges were looking at).

Phoenix Lazarus said:

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If I was the Queen I’d stay in Windsor with my feet up and let the circus of so called stars carry on

LadyQuaithe said:

Here is an video that focuses on dispelling rumours about William's infidelity.

I checked the comments under the video and so many people strongly believe that Will would never do such thing. And why not? Will and Kate has spend almost 20 years together, they have had their ups and downs like millions of couples around the world.
Why do people have this urge to believe in royal fairy tales, perfect couples who never make mistakes?

Maybe that whole Rose thing never happened, or maybe it was some other woman. But this belief that a child whose parents cheated on each other would never cheat is pretty naive and simplistic.

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How does a random on Youtube know one way or the other?
Putting Truth in capital letters doesn’t make it so.

This in the Mail today.

Phoenix Lazarus said:

This in the Mail today.

Queen appearing on balcony for Platinum Jubilee is 'not guaranteed'

It was hoped the Queen might appear on the iconic balcony beside other members of her family, but that now looks in doubt due to the 96-year-old's restricted mobility.

www.dailymail.co.uk

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We are being prepared drip by drip.

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crikey Cliff Richard and Ed Sheehan. We’re really spoiling her. No wonder she wants to stay indoors.

What’s the point of all this fuss and brouhaha if the woman whose jubilee we are supposed to be celebrating doesn’t turn up?

RJF said:

What’s the point of all this fuss and brouhaha if the woman whose jubilee we are supposed to be celebrating doesn’t turn up?

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Bread and circuses.

LadyQuaithe said:

But this belief that a child whose parents cheated on each other would never cheat is pretty naive and simplistic.

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I thought statistically it made it more likely. Prince Philips father was a cheat who ran off leaving them all, yet he is rumoured to have had women all over the place, and his son is Prince Charles, and we all know what happened there. Stanley Johnson drove Boris Johnsons mother into serious mental health issues with his cheating, yet look how he turned out!

Boring Monday said:

How does a random on Youtube know one way or the other?
Putting Truth in capital letters doesn’t make it so.

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He has "connections"

Chocolategoggler said:

He has "connections"

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Don’t they all

Princess Charlotte is lovely; but I can't believe with everything going on in the world, mum takes pictures of daughter on daughters birthday, is headline news.

BumbleB said:

Princess Charlotte is lovely; but I can't believe with everything going on in the world, mum takes pictures of daughter on daughters birthday, is headline news.

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I’m waiting for all the usual drivel about how talented Kate is for taking photos of her children when these look like they were taken on an iPhone on portrait mode like we can all do! It also made me laugh when the media seemed impressed that Louis was smiling at his Mum in his birthday pics and how this was considered an unusual parenting skill!

They will all grow up to be attractive. Louis looks so much like William.

Does anyone know how Charles' health is these days?

SmeatonsStar said:

I’m waiting for all the usual drivel about how talented Kate is for taking photos of her children when these look like they were taken on an iPhone on portrait mode like we can all do! It also made me laugh when the media seemed impressed that Louis was smiling at his Mum in his birthday pics and how this was considered an unusual parenting skill!

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they are just miles better than the photoshopped, black and white pics of the back of a child's head

jkroche95 said:

they are just miles better than the photoshopped, black and white pics of the back of a child's head

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I find the whole people wanting to see what the kids look like and going mental that Harry and Megan haven't shown theirs odd - a picture online is up forever and they're putting them up for scrutiny at a really young age too.