[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Putting in my 2p again

[Kathryn]

Karen
>Sorry K, I though it was Saitana - sometimes I get confused by who
said what in these!!
 
The point that I was trying to make is who we should be comparing to
Ranier.  He was the same generation as the Queen and was also the
monarch (they don't have a king in Monoco as I'm sure you know) and
both have been fine examples of how a Royal should conduct
themselves.
 
Charles, Anne, Andrew and Edward are the next generation along with
Albert, Caroline and Stephanie so they should be compared with each
other rather than Charles with Ranier IYSWIM!
 
 
K

Oh I understood what you meant all right - I just didn't agree :) I don't
see why they're not comparable just because they are a different generation.
Like I said Stephanie and Caroline could do with learning it too, and I'll
certainly admit that our next generation of Royals don't loos so bad
compared to those two. The Queen doesn't always come off as dignified so
much as stuck in the mud (and stuck up) maybe it's just because Ranier is
foreign and not *my* monarch that he seems better (the grass is always
greener and all that). I get the impression that some of the failed
marriages in our Royal Family are just as much the fault of the 'Royal
Family' as an organisation as much as of the couple involved.

William seems to turning out well, and Princess Anne's children aren't bad
either. Harry needs to grow up a bit, but what boy his age doesn't? And
Prince Andrew's children are pretty invisible so who knows what they're like


Much as I don't like Charles and Camilla I think the more 'dignified'
response for the Queen would have been to put on a brave face and turn up to
the wedding (I know she's never been to a register office before, but heck
if it's OK for the Heir to the Throne to marry in one I don't really see why
it's not OK for the Queen to attend). She's coming off more sulking three
year old than disapproving mother at the moment.

K

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