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Bea65 Fri 03-Jun-22 12:34:55

Probably will get blasted but was sad that Prince Harry and Meghan were not seated together...this was a Service for all family/faiths and religions and Harry and Meghan were not together.

HousePlantQueen Mon 06-Jun-22 13:20:03

Do those members of GN who are outraged at the behaviour of Charles and Camilla feel the same way about the multiple adultery of Johnson, his mistresses, unacknowledged children, abandonment of wife while she was being treated for cancer? Or is the venom saved for Camilla?

Sparklefizz Mon 06-Jun-22 09:11:49

I don’t think that we need to be #teamDiana or #teamCamilla anymore (if indeed we ever did). I think that it’s unhelpful and cruel to judge people on what they did in their private lives 50 odd years ago.

Totally agree Fanny

FannyCornforth Mon 06-Jun-22 08:09:40

Annie I’m just going by what her sisters have said.

I don’t think that Raine Spencer was the most likeable of women.
Not that she deserved to be pushed down the stairs of course.

I think that this incident (which I haven’t heard of before) just demonstrates what a troubled childhood Diana had.

I don’t think that we need to be #teamDiana or #teamCamilla anymore (if indeed we ever did).

I think that it’s unhelpful and cruel to judge people on what they did in their private lives 50 odd years ago.

Riverwalk Mon 06-Jun-22 08:08:59

When Diana was a teenager Andrew wasn't known as the Duke of York, was he? I don't remember him, pre his marriage, being known as the future DoY.

Anniebach Mon 06-Jun-22 08:00:51

Fanny quiet ,shy ? Pushed her step mother down a flight of
stairs

Lucca Mon 06-Jun-22 06:35:57

FannyCornforth

Annie I have explained before that Diana was nicknamed Dutch by her sisters after a Dutch Doll.
They called her that because she was so quiet and shy, and hardly ever spoke. It started when she was around six.
Nothing at all to do with ‘wanting Andrew’ for heavens sake!
But I must say that it’s a new one!

Thanks FC
I did wonder ….

FannyCornforth Mon 06-Jun-22 06:33:56

Annie I have explained before that Diana was nicknamed Dutch by her sisters after a Dutch Doll.
They called her that because she was so quiet and shy, and hardly ever spoke. It started when she was around six.
Nothing at all to do with ‘wanting Andrew’ for heavens sake!
But I must say that it’s a new one!

Anniebach Sun 05-Jun-22 21:15:08

Some believe everything in the media , besotted teenager who
was called Dutch by her sisters because she wanted Andrew
- Dutch - Duchess - Duchess of York but said in her book he was always playing computer games ‘I knew he wasn’t for me’

Vintagejazz Sun 05-Jun-22 21:09:49

FannyCornforth

Yes Annie, and Jilly Cooper famously based her fictional womaniser and heart throb Rupert Campbell Black on A P-B.

So that excuses Camilla encouraging her former lover to propose to a besotted teenager and then help to wreck the marriage?

A good egg?

I don't think so.

Lucca Sun 05-Jun-22 19:22:38

NOT popular at all with any of the family
Ah another GN poster with personal
Knowledge of the royal family

icanhandthemback Sun 05-Jun-22 19:21:29

Anniebach

That rules out .Anne divorced. Edward lived in sin with Sophie.

Off with their heads

They are entirely different cases. No flaunting of their relationships before they separated so they were putting their children through it too. I have no problem with living in sin (if that's what you want to call it) nor people being divorced. I do have a problem with the way they treat their children which is totally different. However, I believe we've had this conversation before and we won't ever agree. Having been in the situation that Harry, William and The Parker Bowles' children were in and knowing the damage it did me, there's no way I am ever, ever going to change my mind about Camilla and Charles.

Anniebach Sun 05-Jun-22 18:41:05

That rules out .Anne divorced. Edward lived in sin with Sophie.

Off with their heads

icanhandthemback Sun 05-Jun-22 18:17:09

Anniebach

icanhandthemback you are so wrong, Camilla loved her husband, he was renown for being a womaniser. Such lies about her marrying Parker Bowles because Charles had gone into the navy.

Nope, he might have been a womaniser but she was also seeing Charles whilst she was married to him. Two wrongs don't make a right. You could argue that the Parker Bowles' children had 2 adulterous parents but he's not about to become Queen Consort. The same with Diana. I am not arguing she was an angel but she isn't going to be a role model for the nation either.
Neither Charles nor Camilla are what I would term as "decent" role models.

maddyone Sun 05-Jun-22 14:06:04

Larsonsmum

They were seated together, with Harry’s cousins, and even were allowed special transport, and a ‘performance’ promenade down the aisle. They are NOT working Royals, NOT popular at all with any of the family, and it was NOT their day. As it is HM the Queen offered an amazingly generous olive branch to them - given all they have done - by inviting them at all. HM the Queen may want to let bygones be bygones but the rest of the family clearly don’t and rightly so IMHO, after the numerous examples of how they have disrespected the Royals….Harry’s closest relatives.

I agree with this.
I think Harry and Meghan were seated appropriately, alongside the none working royals.
I like Camilla. She’s good for Charles.

GrannyGravy13 Sun 05-Jun-22 13:37:37

FannyCornforth

Yes Annie, and Jilly Cooper famously based her fictional womaniser and heart throb Rupert Campbell Black on A P-B.

I must admit to having a rather large literary crush on Rupert Campbell-Black ?

FannyCornforth Sun 05-Jun-22 13:35:50

Yes Annie, and Jilly Cooper famously based her fictional womaniser and heart throb Rupert Campbell Black on A P-B.

GrannyGravy13 Sun 05-Jun-22 13:29:02

Latest hat swop photo of the Tindalls

Anniebach Sun 05-Jun-22 11:48:58

icanhandthemback you are so wrong, Camilla loved her husband, he was renown for being a womaniser. Such lies about her marrying Parker Bowles because Charles had gone into the navy.

Glorianny Sun 05-Jun-22 11:38:12

This seems somewhat appropriate for this thread in lots of ways. Film of the late D of Windsor when he was still the heir. And a great song. "I've danced with a man. who danced with a girl, who danced with the Prince of Wales" www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXndvWwZuaA

icanhandthemback Sat 04-Jun-22 19:20:52

luluaugust

I know someone who has met Camilla a few times through charity work and apparently she is very kind with a great sense of humour.

Yes, kind enough to cheat on her husband, assist in the breakup of another person's marriage and put 2 lots of kids in an embarrassing position as they are growing up. What a role model as a Queen Consort.

luluaugust Sat 04-Jun-22 17:02:54

I know someone who has met Camilla a few times through charity work and apparently she is very kind with a great sense of humour.

Larsonsmum Sat 04-Jun-22 12:39:31

They were seated together, with Harry’s cousins, and even were allowed special transport, and a ‘performance’ promenade down the aisle. They are NOT working Royals, NOT popular at all with any of the family, and it was NOT their day. As it is HM the Queen offered an amazingly generous olive branch to them - given all they have done - by inviting them at all. HM the Queen may want to let bygones be bygones but the rest of the family clearly don’t and rightly so IMHO, after the numerous examples of how they have disrespected the Royals….Harry’s closest relatives.

Callistemon21 Sat 04-Jun-22 12:27:41

FannyCornforth

Kate1949

It wasn't meant to be unpleasant BlueBelle. It's just as I see it. I have never come across anyone who likes Camilla, although none of us know her obviously.

I really like her. She seems like a good egg.

Me too, FannyCornforth.

FannyCornforth Sat 04-Jun-22 12:07:27

Kate1949

It wasn't meant to be unpleasant BlueBelle. It's just as I see it. I have never come across anyone who likes Camilla, although none of us know her obviously.

I really like her. She seems like a good egg.

FannyCornforth Sat 04-Jun-22 12:04:52

Aveline

'Most people'? I think not! I still can't get over the sheer disrespect and all round brass neck/ignorance of calling their daughter Lilibet.

Me neither.
I was so shocked when I read it on here. I actually thought that it was a joke.