I'm afraid this strikes me as the sort of article that is trotted out every time a member of the British royal family marries. The fine details may vary but otherwise the overall tone is much the same. Zara Phillips did a similar interview in Hello when she was living with her previous boyfriend but this is studiously ignored by Peter Phillips present critics. The difference is that Zara didn't marry that boyfriend. -- Sacha
> I'm afraid this strikes me as the sort of article that is trotted out every > time a member of the British royal family marries. The fine details may > vary but otherwise the overall tone is much the same. > Zara Phillips did a similar interview in Hello when she was living with her > previous boyfriend but this is studiously ignored by Peter Phillips present > critics. The difference is that Zara didn't marry that boyfriend. > --
It is hard to be surprised. Live by media, die by media. All very well signing up to a wad of cash from Hello, but giving one magazine an exclusive only results in all the others who lose out trashing the whole thing.
What bugs me is these people who make a great play of being "I am an ordinary person", "I don't want titles", "call me Jo", etc, etc, are also the people who trade on their royal connections. Choose one or the other. Either be in the Royal Family and subscribe to the duties and responsibilities. Else, leave and work in relative anonymity in a bank or growing vegitables in Shropshire.
Buyers" <susuha...@hotmail.co.uk> wrote: > On May 10, 11:59 pm, Sacha <sa...@nowhere.myzen.co.uk> wrote: >> On 10/5/08 22:27, in article s-6dnRvT8c2njrvVRVnz...@telenor.com, "Dag T.
>> Hoelseth" <dh...@nospam.online.no> wrote: >>> *Is this the future of the Royal Family?*
>> I'm afraid this strikes me as the sort of article that is trotted out every >> time a member of the British royal family marries. The fine details may >> vary but otherwise the overall tone is much the same. >> Zara Phillips did a similar interview in Hello when she was living with her >> previous boyfriend but this is studiously ignored by Peter Phillips present >> critics. The difference is that Zara didn't marry that boyfriend. >> --
> It is hard to be surprised. Live by media, die by media. All very well > signing up to a wad of cash from Hello, but giving one magazine an > exclusive only results in all the others who lose out trashing the > whole thing.
> What bugs me is these people who make a great play of being "I am an > ordinary person", "I don't want titles", "call me Jo", etc, etc, are > also the people who trade on their royal connections. Choose one or > the other. Either be in the Royal Family and subscribe to the duties > and responsibilities. Else, leave and work in relative anonymity in a > bank or growing vegitables in Shropshire.
I think it's tacky but I think that sort of think tacky whoever does it. The problem the Phillips couple might find is that once you awaken the sleeping dog of the media, you can't send it back into its kennel. -- Sacha
The fact is, they haven't inherited power, only glamour. In the present utterly commodified civilization, they'd be idiots not to trade on it. And the media is brainlessly needy of objects in order to make good livings. (I wish I could make as good a living just being sleazy.) So they make use of it, but if it were not what the PUBLIC wants, there would be no money in it. So I blame the public, frankly.
In her just-about-last interview, Diana told a friend at The New Yorker, "Andrew and Anne work harder than all the rest of them, but they hardly get any credit for it; it's most unfair."
P.S. The last reigning queen was also extremely close to her first grandchild, who was sixth in line for the throne at his birth (ahead of her four younger daughters) and who was at her bedside when she died. He became Kaiser Wilhelm II. So it don't mean much, do it?
On May 14, 7:07 pm, atsarisb...@hotmail.com wrote:
" In her just-about-last interview, Diana told a friend at The New Yorker, "Andrew and Anne work harder than all the rest of them, but they hardly get any credit for it; it's most unfair."
Ugh?
Garter, Thistle, Grand Master of the RVO, Colonel of the Blues and Royals and Goldstick-in-Waiting.
