What If the Situation Were Reversed? - Page 2

scatcat · ‎03-15-2010

I only opened this topic because I thought it was going to be about something totally different.

I don't understand all the interest in the royal family. They are the Kardashians of the UK, with a humanitarian twist

QVCkitty1 · ‎05-23-2015

Well to those who are married how would you have felt if you were young and inexperienced and in love with your husband, and learned he loved another woman. Not only that , but you gave him two children , and he never even hid the fact that you were not his choice. You can try and spin Charles and Camilla into the love story of the ages, but the same people who talk about duty when criticizing Harry, may be willing to give Charles a pass. It's a tragedy how the story ended, and no one comes off looking good, ( including the Queen ), but I will always see C & C as a tawdry pair and not much of a king and queen.

" You are entitled to your opinion. But you are not entitled to your own facts."
Daniel Patrick Moynihan

beckyb1012 · ‎03-09-2010

@Desertdi wrote:
The Queen Mother and Camilla's grandmother (pals) should have kept their meddling noses out of "the arrangement"....and left Charles to pick out his own wife.

I believe it was Diana's grandmother Ruth Roche, Baroness Fermoy who worked behind the scenes with the Queen Mum to get those Charles and Di together.

"Live frugally, but love extravagantly."

Desertdi · ‎03-13-2010

@beckyb1012 wrote:
@Desertdi wrote:
The Queen Mother and Camilla's grandmother (pals) should have kept their meddling noses out of "the arrangement"....and left Charles to pick out his own wife.
I believe it was Diana's grandmother Ruth Roche, Baroness Fermoy who worked behind the scenes with the Queen Mum to get those Charles and Di together.

@beckyb1012 I had already corrected that. di

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Janey2 · ‎06-07-2010

@QVCkitty1 I don't buy the "young" and "inexperienced" excuse. Diana lived in that world. I bet she knew exactly what she was getting into by marrying Charles. I might be the only person on the planet who never trusted Diana and thought she was a big nothing.

beckyb1012 · ‎03-09-2010

@Desertdi wrote:
@beckyb1012 wrote:
@Desertdi wrote:
The Queen Mother and Camilla's grandmother (pals) should have kept their meddling noses out of "the arrangement"....and left Charles to pick out his own wife.
I believe it was Diana's grandmother Ruth Roche, Baroness Fermoy who worked behind the scenes with the Queen Mum to get those Charles and Di together.
@beckyb1012 I had already corrected that. di

Speaking of "grandmothers" in the past few weeks I have been thinking of Alice Keppel, Camilla's great-grandmother. Can you imagine what she would be thinking right now? They say her relationship was so strong with King Edward that Queen Alexandra let her come to his deathbed.

"Live frugally, but love extravagantly."

kaydee50 · ‎02-07-2011

To me it's a sad comment on Charles who was almost 30??? and didn't have the *** to marry the "woman he loved" as one of his older relatives had. I don't think he would have had to give up his right to the crown. But be honest and don't give in to the pressure of grandmothers???? Is that true??

sugar plum · ‎07-06-2016

@scatcat wrote:

"I only opened this topic because I thought it was going to be about something totally different."

I did too. LOL I don't understand it either. The only reason I can see is that it gives many people so much pleasure.

Isobel Archer · ‎04-04-2015

@Janey2 wrote:
@QVCkitty1 I don't buy the "young" and "inexperienced" excuse. Diana lived in that world. I bet she knew exactly what she was getting into by marrying Charles. I might be the only person on the planet who never trusted Diana and thought she was a big nothing.

I think she was very manipulative. She definitely presented the beautiful "peoples' princess" persona to the public, but behind the scenes she apparently was very different.

The whole "spare" issue started with her telling the kids that William would be King and Harry wouldn't. Will (as a child) said he didn't want to be and Harry said he'd do it then. She told this story - laughingly - over and over. Clearly Harry didn't get the joke.

So she tried to kill herself 5 times. Really - or was this just more attention grabbing.

She announced to the press that Charles was "jealous" of the attention she got (as Meghan now claims as well). Who does that?

Apparently she had affairs first - at least two before Charles had his - but again - she's the victim and she had to tell the world all about it.