Royals at Sandringham.....

Bigred18 I thought exactly the same that Kate looked tired - very drawn around her mouth which makes her teeth more prominent. She didn't look well and as if she could do with a good meal. Sometimes this obsession with getting back into shape after childbirth is just too much. Poor Kate she was very pretty but has lost too much weight. Her waist is tiny. I hope she isn't becoming too obsessed with what she's eating that is a downward spiral and very hard to overcome.

True KatyK and it makes them happy, good

Well Annie whatever floats your boat as they say.

Yes, 3 Tories. Does that make the Queen a Republican ?

KatyK where I live there are often royal visits , I have never stood on a pavement to see one of them. At Sandringham this year someone in the crowd said x had spoken to her, it was the most exciting thing ever !

Sparklefizz. thank you. We know Kate has to employ a nannie, is it any different to putting a child into a nursery
when a mother goes to work. She may be very hands on with her children , I wouldn’t be surprised if she was.

No me neither Annie but I'm sure those that do, love it. When I was younger my mum used to take us to stand in the crowds if the royals came to town. It was exciting.

KaryK, I wouldn’t do it, I wouldn’t camp out all night to see a wedding carriage pass by or stand for hours waiting for a car to pass, I am certainly not anti royal

Yes of course Annie each to their own, but some things I find hard to grasp. Just a comment really.

Because they choose to?

Why do some believe having money takes away all problems . Kate looked tired, three children on Christmas morning , then shooting off to church , she told someone in the crowd the children had been awake very early, does having staff mean a mother says ‘you see to the children opening their presents, I don’t wish to be disturbed

Well said, Anniebach

With apologies to those who do this and enjoy it, I have never understood why people leave their homes on Christmas morning to stand in the cold to watch a family they don't know, go to church I am not anti royal, I just don't get it.

EllanVannin, there has never been an announcement on the queens likes and dislikes of PM’s. You name three tories!

* Anniebach.

Annebach it was some time ago because it stuck firmly in my mind.
Cameron's wife was another who the Queen had a dislike for.

Mrs May isn’t liked by the Queen , when was this announced ?

What I should have said was that Royalty has far more stability in a country than a Republic even though there were wars between them. It was the militancy of the parliamentarians that the royals were fighting against. Which is probably why the Queen has no time for any of those who now sit in Parliament. MT wasn't liked by her nor is TM our present PM.

I've never been a royalist but with the corruption in politics these days and the rise of fake news and the way social media encourages people to abuse each other, there's a lot to be said for a stable head of state who stays above politics.

William and Harry are 21st century people who are modernising the institution they are part of and doing it well. Why does anyone read or take notice of the gutter press? In the next 10 years or so we are going to lose the Queen and I fear that that is going to be a very destabilising moment.

Why do some believe having money takes away all problems . Kate looked tired, three children on Christmas morning , then shooting off to church , she told someone in the crowd the children had been awake very early, does having staff mean a mother says ‘you see to the children opening their presents, I don’t wish to be disturbed ‘

It sounds more Liberace than Royal.

exactly so

The gold painted piano!

Ellan the English Civil War was because of the monarchy.

As always though, it’s what replaces them that’s the tricky thing to get right.

I don’t watch the Queen’s speech, but now I want to in order to see the gold piano.

The peace and goodwill to all men message at Christmas soon gets forgotten by some, doesn't it?
Merry Christmas!

The Royal family is an unending soap opera. We love soaps and they depend on feuds and rifts and romances and hatching, matching and despatching. The Royal family provides all that!