You’re correct, just had a look. In it he says “I feel such a cold hearted and unsympathetic swine for writing all that I did ... No one can realize more than you how little poor Johnnie meant to me who hardly knew him ... I feel so much for you, darling Mama, who was his mother.”
But would she ( or James) have married millionnaires if their sister wasn't married to William? Kates marriage put the whole family into a much higher social circle.
Yes, it was Queen Alexandra who was living at Sandringham at the time who had a garden for him. If I remember correctly from what I've read, there were other problems than epilepsy and he became very distressed at the hubbub of a working palace and state occasions at a time when his brothers and sister were growing up and on with their lives, and his parents were often very busy. It was decided that a quiet life in the country would be better for him and he had his own little household at Sandringham. Queen Mary chose it so that he could see trains from his bed, which he loved. He also had regular contact with his family though as his fits got worse they distressed his siblings.
It makes you wonder just why they wanted him out the way, doesn’t it …
Plus being a Hitler fan and leaving confidential state papers around at parties didn't go down well. He even played a huge part in covering up a murder in the Bahamas as Governor. The Americans kept a very close eye on him as a potential German spy.
I think the hounding that Kate had at the start of her relationship was common with a lot of young women in the spotlight during that time. I remembering seeing videos of paparazzi running around and swarming Kate for a photo in the same way they did for Keira Knightly and Sienna Miller. It was also a time where slot of gossip magazines were horrendous about women. They would say that Kate, Keira, etc had eating disorders or picked apart the way they looked in a paparazzi shot. I think unfortunately the treatment that Kate faced was also of its era and its died down a lot since. I hope Charlotte and any other young female royals marrying into the family don’t face the same sort of intrusion.
Even worse were the paps who would try and get upskirt pics of celebs.
Of gosh yes! And didn’t Perez Hilton ‘annotate’ paparazzi photos with white so it looked like cum.
Which part about Edward or do you mean John?
I've said this before. Pippa was going out with an ex-cricketer turned banker. That's about the level of guys both sisters would have got if they didn't hit the limelight. Party Pieces was going along steadily but grew astronomically after the wedding to have enabled them to purchase a house for £4-5m. And James is just doing James things still
Sorry I missed that, what happened?
It's brilliant he has overcome depression and married his love
The stuff you shared about the Aboriginal Australians and Bahamas.
I caused a bit of trouble in the family doing the family tree which triggered a relative's memory about my dad's aunt in a dinner table conversation in the 1930s/40s. She demanded to know why my dad's dad was being fed cos he wasn't bringing any money into the house at the time as he was ill.
Is James aristocracy as I heard the Middleton's were looked down on by them?
I don’t know….as lovely as it can be, the lack of privacy, choice and say over what I did with my life, or what my children can do, wouldn’t be worth it for me. All the small talk you have to make, having a smile on at all times, can’t be seen grumpy. Even coming out of the hospital after giving birth having to look all lovely
But I’m not Kate! She does it very well in my opinion.Yes. He was pretty awful. Never fit to be King.
George is going to be socialised into it
