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[lgfan]

Chiclet if the Queens life was so easy why did Princess Diana, Sarah Ferguson and Megan Markle have such a difficult time adjusting to royal life.

[goldensrbest]

I do understand chiclets ,comment, some are  not .

[Tinkrbl44]

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@lgfan wrote:
Chiclet if the Queens life was so easy why did Princess Diana, Sarah Ferguson and Megan Markle have such a difficult time adjusting to royal life.

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@lgfan 

Well, first, none of the three women named (and Kate) were born into that life, so none of that was "natural" to them.    Second, they had a LOT less staff and servants to do things for them.  There were many, many things the queen never had to do.  

[Tinkrbl44]

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@chiclet wrote:

I was thinking if I could change lives with anyone it would be her.  Healthy all her life until a day or two before she died at 96..  Never probably washed a dish or clothes or cleaned a bathroom.  Met every interesting person in the world and traveled everywhere she wanted to go. Married to the man she loved for over 70 years.  Lived in castles her whole life.  Had four children.  They talk about her life of service.....I think I could do it.   

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@chiclet 

ITA with your point .....   It's very easy to do the "duty" when you have literally hundreds of staff and servants to do all the other mundane things for you.

[Venezia]

Some people will never give the Queen credit for being the incredible woman she was.

A look at her time in the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS), the women’s branch of the British Army, during WWII, which she insisted on joining voluntarily, might enlighten a few.

She was given no special rank and became a mechanic.  (No desk job for her!)  She could probably fix your car engine, if you broke down, as she did her own, during times in Scotland.

Yes, she had staff when she became Queen.  How many other world leaders have staff?  Do you think they all do the "mundane" things, while attending to world matters?  Of course they do!   

[Boomernichols]

@beach-mom I also heard that she said she hoped the LORD would come back while she is still living.  She so wanted to lay her crown at the LORD's feet!  This sounds like a generous loving gesture with lots of grace,  speaks volumes of her character.

[Venezia]

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@chiclet wrote:

I was thinking if I could change lives with anyone it would be her.  Healthy all her life until a day or two before she died at 96..  Never probably washed a dish or clothes or cleaned a bathroom.  Met every interesting person in the world and traveled everywhere she wanted to go. Married to the man she loved for over 70 years.  Lived in castles her whole life.  Had four children.  They talk about her life of service.....I think I could do it.   

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Probably not.

[Tinkrbl44]

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@Venezia wrote:

Some people will never give the Queen credit for being the incredible woman she was.

A look at her time in the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS), the women’s branch of the British Army, during WWII, which she insisted on joining voluntarily, might enlighten a few.

She was given no special rank and became a mechanic.  (No desk job for her!)  She could probably fix your car engine, if you broke down, as she did her own, during times in Scotland.

Yes, she had staff when she became Queen.  How many other world leaders have staff?  Do you think they all do the "mundane" things, while attending to world matters?  Of course they do!   

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@Venezia 

There was servants and staff for her parents when she was a little girl.  Her parents never had to keep up the residences ... and neither did she, as a child or an adult.

YES, she accomplished many things in her lifetime, all reported ad nauseum.  Not what I'm referring to.

What I am saying is that I seriously doubt she ever scrubbed the floors, cooked the meals, ironed clothing and prepared the kids' lunches for school.  She didn't have to take time out to iron her husband's shirts, dust the chandeliers, etc.  She was free to do the "important" tasks that she was known for.  Sorry if my point wasn't clear.

[paixmcdao]

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@Boomernichols wrote:

@beach-mom I also heard that she said she hoped the LORD would come back while she is still living.  She so wanted to lay her crown at the LORD's feet!  This sounds like a generous loving gesture with lots of grace,  speaks volumes of her character.

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From what I have read, that quote was attributed to Queen Victoria.

[lgfan]

So you know for a fact that Diana, Sarah, Megan and Kate all had to vacuum, scrub floors, iron clothes and prepare children's lunches.