The heir to the heir to the Throne's love life
Note: This blog post makes the assumption - that has held good now for at least 15 years - that anything written in the newspapers about the Royal Family is true, and indeed probably came directly from them.The Sunday Mirror's James Whitaker explains the reason why Miss Middleton would not do - it was her Mother, or more specifically, her Mother's lack of breeding:
As they went on to the parade ground they did not do so discreetly. It was a triumphal arrival. And then, Kate's mother, Carole, proceeded to chew gum non-stop.
I was shocked enough. Goodness knows what the Queen and the rest of the Royal Family thought.
Then a few weeks ago I spoke to a close relative of HM who had spent the day with Kate. She said that although Kate was "a delight" there was great uncertainty about the mother. I was told: "The Queen couldn't believe it when, on introduction, Carole actually said 'Pleased to meet you'." Ugh!
Additionally, Mrs Middleton used the word "toilet" rather than lavatory and also "pardon" rather than "I beg your pardon" or even the more socially acceptable "what?"
These may be minor faux pas but they were indicative of Kate's upbringing. Solidly middleclass but lacking in the sort of breeding (what a revoltingly snobby word) so necessary in becoming a King's consort.
The News of the World, however, has a different angle, which is that the Family decided at a top-level conference, led by Prince Phillip, that the risk of "another Diana" was too high. Now Prince Phillip is my favourite member of the Royal Family, but I'm not entirely sure he has grasped the fact that family conferences on who younger members of the Royal Family should date/marry is exactly the kind of behaviour that got them into the Diana mess in the first place.
Labels: Royalty
posted by Matthew @ 4/15/2007 09:02:00 AM
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