usual royal family tactics

Seems the royals medical consultants have never heard of
unexplained infertility , and a baby is guaranteed to all who are or marry a Windsor, according toPaddyann

paddyann

I dont see the same level of subsevience here that I see on this page.Quite frankly most polls here are saying we get Independnece and then ditch the monarchy ..it tends to be the post war generation who still think a Queen is something we need
Lizzie was never MY queen ..I am no ones "subject" I have never stood for the national anthem in my life and never will

Funny isn’t it?
Quite frankly - It’s the same post-war generation who seem to think that Scotland is something WE need.

RAH Rah another referendum - that should be fun, be careful what you wish for Paddy.

After reading so much about the lead up to the wedding of Diana and Charles and their life together afterwards, I can never view a royal wedding in the same way again. The only one I remember fondly is that of Princess Margaret and Antony Armstrong-Jones Not that I was a fan of hers but she just looked so beautiful and, as a teenager at the time, I was enthralled!

Oh puleese! Why would you think that this announcement has anything to do with politics? Can you not just be happy that a loving couple are getting married? How would you like it if one of your family announced an engagement etc and you were accused of trying to deflect people's attention from something else? Get a grip!!!

My money is on Kate'n'Wills announcing ANOTHER addition to their froglet brood.....that'll take our minds off the Brexit Bodge-up.

Like hell it will!

Again*paddyanbe I would respect your views if you were not so insulting about the Royal Family.
Like you I have got in life what I worked for.
I worry about my family and help when I can. I part company with you when you insult the royals like you do. My attitude is that I live my life and let them live theirs.
Their life has no bearing on mine so cannot see the reason to be nasty.

Ah, I did wonder who was getting married. Cheers, GN!

Frankly I doubt if anyone cares very much about Beatrice.

As for Harry and Megan it has always been thus. Princess Margaret was in the news a lot in her time. The tabloids love the royals and this trip was planned months ago.

I think only a very limited few would find distraction from political events in news of the royals.

It's funny Chatriona, I remember all those years ago a young girl I knew ( from a troubled background) had taken a bit of a shine to Diana, the clothes and so on.
When she told me Diana was expecting, I felt really sad. She was far too young.

I do appreciate your concern rafichigran but I have a very nice life ..all worked ofr and earned by ME .No cash handouts from any government ....oops child benefit ...but everyone had that .No maternity leave or pay ,no sickness or unemployment benefits either.I'm very happy with my lot my lovely children and beautiful GC .
The ONLY fly in my ointment is my daughters chronic illness.
I have always disagreed with HEREDITARY POWER ,always been a republican from a very young age ...I blame my republican sufragette granny ...or rather I thank her for never feeling I was inferioer or that my blood was less "pure" than the inbred "royals" Mrs Saxe Coburg -Gotha has had a very nice life but it needs to end when the old biddy dies ..let the rest of them make their own way in the world ..you know like the rest of us do ? I dont hate any of them just the whole package of over privileged pampered prats that they are .
I thought everyone would have known that about me by now !

How disappointing that Gransnet has become a trolling medium. I recently joined looking forward to threads of everyday, ' life as a gran' issues discussed by pleasant older women.
Think I''ll be off!

Nasty unnecessary postPaddyann I wonder why you have to use the words subjects, peasants, and brood mares, you have a daughter and granddaughters, how would you feel if they were referred to in that way?

I honestly feel that the remarks you made say alot about you. You sound very insecure and the sort of person who spits that kind of bile to deflect from your own life. Another poster who agrees with you is always moaning about her lot .

I have problems in my life, who doesn't, but I hope it would not lead me to writing miserable, hateful posts like this, or saying such nasty comments. I really do not have enough time on my hands to hate like you do.

Who's outraged

It was a turn of phrase which didn't make sense, given that 1. there's no-one of childbearing age in the RF at the moment and 2. the men are also expected to sire the next generation of overprivileged wastrels.

I think people are a bit hard on Paddyann. But she is doing a good job in a way by giving people something to be outraged about. Which can be enjoyable for everybody. But when she says royal women have been treated like brood mares, there is some truth in it. Producing children is the prime duty for aristocratic and royal women. They have to produce heirs. Look at poor Diana. Did she have a few years to grow up and adjust and get used to royal life? No. A child immediately. An heir. And then, in spite of her being depressed and fragile. Immediately another one. As a spare. It is what is expected. I dare say they accept and expect it themselves. Could any of these royal princesses say, “I don’t want to have children”? I don’t think so.

Am loving this, best post yet So nice to read that others think the same as me. I can't bear all the fawning over the Royal family. Can't stand Andrew, his insistance that his children had titles & big public weddings - B will almost certainly - makes me fume. They don't even carry out Royal duties!

I read he's been married before and then got engaged to someone. Apparently he was still living with her (the child's mum) when he took up with Beatrice. Not a good track record she should think again.

Wonder if his 2 yr old son Wolfie will be a pageboy?!

I'm not a royalist either and have no interest it what they are doing or who a minor royal is marrying , but some of paddyanns comments are valid and some even I wouldnt voice

so true paddyann!!

Not Windsor castle I hope!.

I can take or leave the royals. I was quite happy to attend a garden party at the palace a few years ago. Lovely cakes

Ooh - harsh gilly

There’s always the rf divorces to look forward to paddyann Sorry

What the heck is political reasons supposed to mean?

Oooops just seen Annie's post--next year-----month ?