She has to think of what is best for England-- not Charles. Wills + Kate represent the future. |
Hasnat Khan didn’t want to marry Diana. |
She definitely was on the road to complete train wreck. |
Can you blame him? |
Doubtful |
Apparently this was a written message and not verbal(???). In her Christmas/New Year address she did not look healthy. If you compare it to last year’s message, she’s lost significant weight in the face. And we know she was hospitalized and sick towards the end of the year. Has the Queen been seen lately? Is she or the firm preparing the public for her demise? When is the last time she was seen in public? Did she write this message or did Charles? |
Well she didn’t. Charles will be King. |
Really? I was neutral about her but the Crown made her seem flaky and callous. She didn’t want to marry Charles but wouldn’t let anyone else have him either. |
I would bet this was put forward by Charles. The Queen has never been keen on the whole divorce and adultery thing, being head of the Church of England and all. |
Not this American! She’s a piece of shit. |
Most people in Britain don't hate Charles and Camilla, or care enough to be upset. Time heals many wounds. There's too much what ifs and declarations in this thread. There is no way Charles is not going to be king because that is how it works. As soon as the Queen dies, Charles *is* king. He would have to abdicate. She would not force him to abdicate. Nor is he so unpopular that he would be resented. He has been a superb Prince of Wales in the last 20 years and will be a perfectly good king. Britain today is not the Britain of the 1990s. The Royal Family has adapted with remarkable speed. Their mistakes can all be traced back to when they were inflexible in the face of changing times - such as finding a wife for Charles. The wife had to be a virgin and a proper aristocrat. The virgin bit was a problem. Who was left? Diana. Charles wasn't allowed to marry the woman he truly loved. Compare that to William's courtship of Kate Middleton. Virginity? Who cared. They lived together before marriage! She's from a pleasant family without aristocratic pretensions or connections. Charles being able to marry Camilla and accepting Camilla into the fold and eventually as future Queen is all part of the adaptations the family has made, and when they have made adaptations, the people are happier. And is key to the survival of the monarchy. |
Philip famously tried to help her and when she cut off communications with him, he dropped her. He ran the Firm and she strayed away from his authority. If she was so involved in the life if the future king, why was she on the fourth week away from him when she died? She would have been at his wedding but not near the royal family. She would have also played her card of upstaging the royal family at every event in which William was involved. How long would that play with the public. William also has a wife that outshines Diane in poise and style. Diane’s sisters did not age well. Unless became addicted to plastic surgery as she did to other things, she would not be the 36 year old attractive woman that the paps loved. |
How did that wedding work out? |
Same here. I didn’t meet Camilla but have worked on one of her literacy patronages. She was very involved and well respected, not because of her place in the royal family but because she really did understand and support the mission. I have also worked with a patronage of the Princess Royal who was equally respected. They do not have a noblesse oblige attitude, but no how to be effective and do the work. |
| What are the odds she abdicates this year? |