Fergie

So what....the Queen's corgis accompanied her in a private jet to Balmoral

I flew up to Aberdeen on Monday and a young woman I recognised got on the flight with her two dc. I couldn't think where I knew her from so decided it must one of those 'her off of the tellie' women and gave it no more thought. When we disembarked at Aberdeen I saw her again and the penny dropped - Sophie Wessex and her children! I must admit I was most envious that their car was on the airport apron and they didn't need to join the scrum to get their bags.

Fergie, Andrew and the girls came up the previous day by private jet. BA isn't good enough for them, apparently.

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.

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.

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

Maybe Lilybet IS the Queen. Curtseys!

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

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

Sorry, yes, Celtic Rose.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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 !!!

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...

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

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.

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.

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