Iluvbertie
Imperial Majesty
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Whether the Queen liked or disliked Diana, and I only ever seen a few comments on boards like this to say that she didn't, as we have never heard the Queen say so, the point was that she did have one overriding responsibility that week - to see to the welfare of Diana's sons who happened to be staying with her when Diana died.Back to the original question: Did the Queen act appropriately in the days following Diana's death?
That the Queen actually did so was the right thing to do.
The public, who didn't know Diana personally, but thought that they did due to the way she courted the press to push her own agenda, had NO rights to demand anything of the grandmother of Diana's sons.
Throughout her life Diana constantly portrayed the RF as being cold and heartless and putting duty first. When the RF actually do the opposite i.e. put the care of Diana's sons first they get pilloried for it by people then and now. I suspect that Diana would have been pleased that the RF actually put the care of her sons first, as that was one thing that she advocated - the putting of family first on occasions. I remember the criticism that she made sure was levelled at Charles for going to a public function on the day that William was injured. How much more would she have been pleased to see Charles and the Queen supporting the boys after her death - i.e. when necessary retreating to being a family rather than being a 'public institution'.'
I have said it before and will continue saying it - the Queen acted correctly. The public did not. Diana had manipulated the public during her life through the press and the public were again manipulated during that week to turn on the RF who were supporting Diana's sons.
I will long remember Philip's words when the family returned to London and someone in the crowd yelled out words to the effect of 'Take care of those boys' and Philip replied 'What do you think we have been doing?' So true - the boys were put first as they rightly should have been and the mob should have felt ashamed of themselves for expecting anything else of the RF.
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