About what I thought (based on those who have read advanced copies of Spare.. The life of a prince or princess
is long hours doing UK public relations.
Diana struggled with this, wanting to be mom rather than leave the kids
to live with nannies and other staffers grooming them as future royals. So when H & M got the same push, they
rebelled. Atop this was the Brit paparazzi
taking racist potshots and perhaps some racism within The Firm, as they call
it. Meghan was given no protection and
couldn’t fight back, something a celeb wants to do to save their image. The Brits/Scots want a candy-coated image of
the royalty that borders on perfection (the way we want no ill said of any of
the Presidents on Rushmore.) That’s why you read many Brit writers slamming
Harry and Meghan for their opinions of the royal family. Add to this perhaps arrogance
of step-mother Camilla
But the family life of British
royals is not good. Staff parenting is
how you get rich-kid characters like Charles, Andrew and Margaret. (That Elizabeth II turned out okay is perhaps tribute to finding the love of her life at age 14 in the Greek prince, Phillip) This does not happen so much with Sweden,
Denmark, and Netherlands royalty who have smaller work loads and more family
life. Harry concluded that both Charles
and William are trapped/sold-out within the workings of The Firm. It has also
led to a long, sordid history of marital infidelity by just about every king,
even after the Reformation. So while the
British pundits tisk over American’s owning too many guns and having gun crime,
we should smile and be thankful our ancestors
rebelled.
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