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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Both: selfish and brave. From other reading I've done on the subject, I think people agree that Wallis was more of an excuse than the whole reason. He didn't want to be king. And you have to admit, it's an extreme anachronism in the modern age. He only gets one life to. Should he spend it in a situation he hates?

Interesting that the [b]show creators seem to be hinting that QEII didn't really want to do it at first either[/b].  Wonder how accurate that is. Now people say she is all about duty. [/quote]

That's definitely my impression -- that she'd really rather be off in the country with her dogs rather than putting up with all the BS, but that she's really patriotic and stiff upper lip, etc.  Probably why she was so unsympathetic to Diana -- I'm sure her attitude was like "No shit this sucks.  That's the job.  Suck it up."  (But in nicer terms.)  Her father also did not want to be King, and my understanding is that her mom was also royally pissed at the abdication, as she had no interest in her husband being king and thought the stress drove him into an early grave.[/quote]

+1. And to me it's not saying anything bad about the Queen, either. I don't think it's a character flaw to not want to do something, because what ultimately matters are the actions one takes that affect others. When it came time for her to do the job, she stepped up and did it to the best of her ability, quite admirably in my opinion. That's class and character. I'm rather a fan of Her Majesty, and when my DDs went through their princess phase, I always pointed to the Queen as a real life example of royalty, and a role model at that. Anne and Sophie both strike me as decent as well.[/quote]

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