Fergie

Obviously much younger than I. Do you know about PostalOrders?

Indeed I do. Used to get a ten shilling PO from an aunt for birthdays.

Still don't want to be a billionaire though.

I saw Andrew once and he was teeny, as are most of the royals. Diana injected a few tall genes.

I met Fergie once and she was a very sweet, caring person. No, she didn't fit the royal mould, far too spontaneous, and no doubt many of us would be described as 'vulgar' by the likes of Martin Charteris. He never had time for any of the queen's children or their spouses and was particularly vindictive towards Fergie. As he had the queen's ear and was reputed to be her 'favourite' courtier it makes you wonder what poison he dripped into the royal ear.

Statistically I am sure there is likely to be someone who is gay in any family of a particular size. A few historical monarchs included. Richard l? Edward ll ?one or other of the James's, Bonnie Prince Charlie.

one of the Charles's number 1 was it? or both?

Aka - glad to read what you say about Fergie - because I always fancied her and thought she might be a lot of fun! Although not if you were paying the bills, presumably...

Well she certainly has a varied social life , Balmoral at the weekend then partying with Kate Moss in Venice , few days later .

Nice work if you can get it !!!

Perhaps as you say Ana Charles and Diana did behave badly but perhaps with more style. For example no photos of toe sucking with her 2 girls present. Not getting into such debt her husband had to buy if off, which means we bought it off for her. She managed, with some hard work pay a lot of it herself only to get into debt again. Thankfully after the film of her selling off appearances with her ex-husband its gone very quiet. Neither of her daughters will have a wedding like Prince William's , more like Tara's Phillip's wedding so maybe HRH has agreed to meet her before any such wedding takes place.

Baubles Would you re-consider if you were given the cures for aids and cancers? James Patterson's novels "When the Wind Blows" and "The Lake House" are quite specific. I actually hadn't read one of his novels - fiction or otherwise - until one rainy week in Cyprus and that was all that was in the hotel.

It was silly to keep her locked away in the cottage at Balmoral, she was there so why not include her. Apparently, the D of E in his youth was no angel so stones and glass houses spring to mind.

I don't think they ever truly separated, she had a rough time at the beginning of their marriage and perhaps that is being acknowledged now.

I feel quite ambivalent about the Duchess, so lets live and let live eh.

CelticRose Do you mean that billionaires get cured of aids and cancers?

Or is it just in James Paterson's novels? I have not read any of them, so can't comment.

I got cured of cancer, and I'm no billionaire!

So did I. feetlebaum. There is no guarantee, though, however much money you throw at it.

Me too. Mystified about link between cancer, aids and billions.

Same here, Jess. Where did anybody talk about cancer or aids on this thread?
Oh, lightbulb moment. The mention of 'Who wants to be a billionaire' made Celeb think that people with money are more likely to get good medical treatment- er, I think! Didn't work for Linda McCartney though.
Not sure how it applies to Fergie.

It was CelticRose who I thought was equating being a billionaire with being "given the cures for aids and cancers" in a reply to Baubles. Maybe I misinterpreted her post.

Sorry, yes, Celtic Rose.

It would so make my day if they....Fergie and Andrew got married. They need each other.

Were you called after the Queen, Lilybet (I think her family call her Lilibet).

Maybe Lilybet IS the Queen. Curtseys!

Well she is a Gran and a Great-gran..... (So that's why we have the new smiley!!)

I seem to have been missing something here. Obviously not enough visits to the dentist to read Hello. Which of the girls, so silly to call them princesses, makes them sound like Eurotrash, although I suppose they are, do we think is about to get married, and to whom? Someone please enlighten me.

Princess Beatrice has been with her boyfriend Dave Clarke for about 6 years. He is an American who works for Richard Branson. The gossip columns seem to think and engagement is imminent. We'll see.