I'm having trouble seeing the video which has caused all the kerfuffle. All I have available are the few statements that have been quoted in a few posts and, having read them, I am at a bit of a loss to understand the problem with what Princess Michael said. As I see it, all she has essentially done is:
a) Say it's good to have a beautiful young married couple with a baby. Surely this is OK. She has a new grandchild herself.
b) Say she hopes for more marriages and that it's good to have the young generation and that people love to see happy young people. Surely nothing wrong with this, either.
c) Say she thinks the older generation are a bit boring for most people. She didn't pick on anyone in particular and in view of her age I think she's including herself in there. She didn't pick on anyone in particular and say they are boring, just that the older generation is a bit boring for most people. Seems a fair comment to me.
d) I'll quote this one in full:
Like probably many people of little education who find themselves, like pop stars or film stars, suddenly lauded by the whole world, it is very difficult if you have not had a mother bringing you up who was quite stern and strict. She did not have a mother bring her up and she did not have much education, so it is much harder to cope with eulogy.
I'm assuming that she was talking about Diana here, and this comment seems to have gotten up a few people's noses and they've seen it as an attack on Diana, but what's really wrong with what Princess Michael said? I'm not sure I understand the connection with not having a stern & strict mother bring you up, but there might be something to it. Perhaps she meant Diana didn't have a strong maternal figure to consult with and guide her during her teenage years and into her relationship with Charles and the early years of her marriage and the time when she became so popular so quickly. If so, that seems fair and reasonable to me. If Diana had had someone close to her to talk to and advise her and who only had her best interests at heart, she might not have married Charles, which I think would have been a good thing for everyone.
As for the comment about education, Diana was not particularly well educated. She couldn't even pass her final high school exams after two attempts. I suspect it's what Princess Michael didn't say here, rather than what she actually said, that's bothering people. There was a reason Diana had trouble passing exams and ignoring the fact won't change it. I think we also need to remember that Princess Michael actually knew Diana.
e) I'll quote this one in full, too.
"She had her two sisters but they were doing their own thing and she was the youngest and on her own, and her mother went to Australia when she was 10 years old or something and that is tough. Sarah Ferguson had the same thing. Her mother went off to Buenos Aires when she was very young."
What's wrong with this? Diana's mother did leave her and her sisters were doing their own thing. She needed a strong female role model and advisor and she didn't have one. Same with Sarah. But with both women I tend to think it was their own personalities that caused them grief, not the absence of their mothers. But that's just my opinion and I could be wrong. As I understand it, Princess Michael has always had a close relationship with her children and she might strongly believe that the absence of that close maternal relationship is likely to cause significant problems for children.