I don't see a danger in it it at all. I think comments like "oh, well that is just the way that people were" is dismissive of the sentiment of people who were and are opposed to that way of thinking.
And it's something I'll never feel guilty about either :D. Never, Lee-Z, not in this day and...
Sad. It seems as though QE II is not like this at all though. Good for her.
Simpson wasn't much better than her...but you are right of course, her snubbing of Wallis had just as much to do with jealousy as snobbery.
That one never made much sense to me - why'd her parents would go through all...
I don't hear any criticism of CP Haakon as a person, not nearly as much as I do his wife - i.e., she's lazy, she's greedy, she's shallow and materialistic...nothing about him. Save for the fact that he comes across as a bit whipped.
I don't see why we can't discuss it here - I'm detecting argumentativeness on your part. I was not trying to argue - I was merely asking a question. And the reason I mentioned Carl Philip's shyness is because IME sometimes shy people are perceived as being unintelligent.
You are right - we...
I remember when they interviewed the late Lynn Redgrave at a Hollywood event several years ago and she called Fergie a "Rent-a-Royal". I think that this was shortly after she signed up with Weight Watchers. But she was really desperate for revenue at the time. I don't think that she was...
If Charlotte were next in line for the throne, do you think that she would have still gotten pregnant without getting married? Not to hijack the thread, but I wonder if Princess Caroline's kids feel that now that Prince Albert is married, he and Princess Charlene will eventually have legitimate...
Thanks for the warm welcome everyone! Looking forward to learning more and more.
Yes Winnie, I was born in Mt. Airy and now I live in South Philly, a few minutes away from the Italian Market, which is not good for a person's waistline.
I am a lurker mostly because my interest in royals is only a couple of months old and I really don't know anything. I swear, it started off primarily because I was looking up info on my homegirl Princess Grace of Monaco. Now I'm getting obsessed.
I hope to learn here - I've visited several...