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Originally Posted by jcbcode99
Hmmmm. How old was Diana when she married into the family? Her only real criticism was that they didn't know quite what to do with her!
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This wasn't the only criticism that Diana had of the royal family - she had several but this criticism was the only one that I found valid because it has been borne out by other royals. And even though Diana went off and did her own thing, the results didn't always turn out well for the reputation of the Royal Family and even she said she made some mistakes in her youth in her early marriage.
Actually I think spending a gap year with a charity didn't really give William and Harry any more direction than Beatrice and it hasn't curbed their more scandalous behavior. I think apart from Anne's kids, they all have this lack of direction to some extent.
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I also think that if you are a member of the Royal Family, and enjoy all the privileges that it brings, that you have a duty to be involved in the country that gives you that title.
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Agreed but then the direction has to come from somewhere. The monarchy has never known what to do with the spares and as long as they don't then we will occasionally see a royal that behaves non-royally. With Beatrice again because of her age at 19 I don't think there is cause for alarm yet. If she were 30, I'd be saying something different.
Its not about giving her excuses because of her age, its just being realistic about how much the type of person one is at 19 determines what they will be like at 25 or at even 30. And the truth is that what Beatrice does at 19 is not a good indicator of what she will do when she is 25 or 30. People's personalities don't get set until they are 30 so there is a lot of scope for change. I imagine what will happen with her in the next 5 years or so after her gap year will determine her future a lot more than this gap year will.