Is Queen Camilla more poorly than we think?

Clawdy

Friend's daughter was at uni with Catherine and William, and said she was always Kate. Then when they got engaged it suddenly became "Catherine " - perhaps that sounded more royal!!

I think her family always call her Catherine.
My mother tended to call me by my full name, not the shortened version my friends used and I never use DD's shortened name. When someone refers to her by it I think "who?" 😁

Friend's daughter was at uni with Catherine and William, and said she was always Kate. Then when they got engaged it suddenly became "Catherine " - perhaps that sounded more royal!!

Grunty

^Nobody is interested in the RF^

Said nobody ever.

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Nobody is interested in the RF

Said nobody ever.

I hate to hear of anyone poorly regardless of who they are. But sadly it’s a fact of life it comes to us all.

I also wondered if there was more to it because I am in my 80's and when I get ill I do not have the luxury of going to bed and resting, I still have to feed myself and I find that is what gets you back on your feet quicker.

merlotgran

I always liken paddyanne’s RF comments to a fox getting into the hen run. 😂

Nooo, not hens!! You've reminded me ......
Hands up here, I was very disapproving of Meghan and said so. I never wrote with vitriol or malice, just disappointment tinged with irritation for what might have been.
There's been GNs who've criticised celebrities' children's weight, others who belittle the qualifications of showbiz people who have achieved far more than they ever did. GNs who are quick to criticise footballers for very little too.
Is it envy? I don't know. Live and let live.

escaped

Er, is not Camilla hurting too? Husband cancer, step dil cancer? Losing a loved pet?
Why can't there be sympathy for everyone, other than looking for horrible things to say?

We've all got our crosses to bear.

Many of us have lost loved ones during the last three or four years, some far too young to go. We may have family worries too.

We don't then post vitriolic comments on a thread about a woman who might be going through the same, whoever she is.
Most of us would feel empathy.

It's not a trait everyone possesses, unfortunately.

Nobody is interested in the RF

Well, I beg to differ!

Many of us are. I much prefer reading comments about the Monarchy, good or bad, than some of the topics on GN.

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I always liken paddyanne’s RF comments to a fox getting into the hen run. 😂

After all, it.could be worse, think Putin's Russia, North Korea!!

It is inexplicable Annie. While I totally understand that some people disapprove of the RF for all sorts of reasons, some perfectly valid and would prefer to be under a different system, to be SO vitriolic on a personal level is deeply unpleasant.

I hope everyone is OK, including royalty and any posters on GN.

Er, is not Camilla hurting too? Husband cancer, step dil cancer? Losing a loved pet?
Why can't there be sympathy for everyone, other than looking for horrible things to say?

FriedGreenTomatoes2

You are hurting paddyanne so it’s quite understandable right now that this all seems a nonsense. It’s only a discussion.
Sympathy extended to you and yours.
And I hope your daughter gets a reassuring result.

Excellent reply. Yes, so do I.

Thank you LucyAnne2

FriedGreenTomatoes2

You are hurting paddyanne so it’s quite understandable right now that this all seems a nonsense. It’s only a discussion.
Sympathy extended to you and yours.
And I hope your daughter gets a reassuring result.

A very kind response

Jaberwok such hatred, why ?

The King was not tetchy at his Coronation. Nervous? yes, emotional? Yes, serious? Yes, but not tetchy. How would people expect him to be? Having a little chat to Prince George! Winking at Prince Louis? It was a very solemn occasion which he and Camilla did to perfection. Annie, I'm clearly not the only one who remembers Paddyanns association with the RF! I still find it strange that someone could have had a business arrangement with people they dislike to the point of venom!
Camilla has not smoked for many years and I've certainly not seen any photo since her marriage that shows her with a cigarette. She certainly missed a bullet over the R.V.S! The late Queen had that doubtful pleasure year after weary year, all 70 of them.

Nobody is interested in the Rf, but any thread about them always thrives.

That's one that's been aired before on gransnet.
Just never about a royal.

I don't have a problem with anyone who's less than enamoured with the royal family. What puzzles me is why anyone would go out of their way to waste their time opening a thread, type out their grumble and upload it. Seems like a colossal waste of time and effort to me. As for making mean, spiteful comments about the possible cause of anyone's illness as being self inflicted from smoking; well, that's a whole new level of nastiness that I've fortunately never encountered in real life.

True merlotgran.

There used to be another anti monarchist poster, Grany I think.

Both could be relied on to trash the royals on every occasion.

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M0nica

Crossstitchfan

theworriedwell

B9exchange

Yes, Katherine will be doing her Carol concert.

Don't want to be picky but her name is Catherine.

Isn’t it funny how people who say they don’t want to be picky then go on to be just that!
If you don’t want to be picky, then don’t be!

There is nothing more personal than one's first name and the C/Katherine spelling is one of the touchiest of them old.

We have Catherine's in our family. It comes down the Irish side andd we get very picky if anyone spells our name the English way with a K. Irish Catherine's always use a C, or so we believe.

I have what I have been told is the Irish version of Catherine, but it is spelt the English way with a K.My paternal grandmother who had Irish blood chose it, but my mother, who registered me, spelt it the English way.
Like the Princess of Wales I prefer it not to be shortened.

Maybe it was a slow day in Scotland?