but you cant deny the fact that Diana is most certainly not in a position to defend herself when her name is still being dragged through the media scrum to this day.
Diana had no problem dragging her husband's name through the mud, Camilla's name through the mud, and the reputation of the royal family through the mud. No qualms about feediing authors and tabloid editors lies and contradictions.
If it ever gets to the stage of a Popularity Poll Monarchy then it's time the throw the game away.
Exactly. Besides, Charles at the very least has done his duty.
Too many kings had bad records and Charles is really a good Prince of Wales at his position. He is delicated to his job and always wants to do more work for the country and people. The failure of his first marriage is too complex to understand. I just he can find his peace and be a more effective Prince of Wales in the coming years.
I agree. He was also the first and only royal to give blood after donations dropped due to the AIDS scare. As for his marriage, from what I've read Diana had some serious issues, the main manifestation being Bulimia. Her unstable behavior was also a contributing factor as well. Being with someone who is emotionally unstable and has unrealistic ideas in regards to a relationship is difficult and unhealthy. I speak from experience.
It is already a foregone conclusion that Camilla is a smashing success as the wife of Prince Charles and the public is rapidly coming around towards acceptance of her. As she continues to take on more duties, the natural road will be one of admiration and respect for her qualities.
I agree. Furthermore there should be no reason that Camilla should not be called Princess of Wales. Flame me all you want, just because she isn't a glamerous fashion icon is no reason to deny her a rightful title. Plus Diana willingly divorced Charles, in fact was the one who wanted it in the first place.
What troubles me personally is the position of the Monarch as the figurative head of a Christian church-and he commited adultery. I believe Charles should have shown the mother of his children more respect even if their marriage wasn't working out
I can't remember Charles leaking nasty stories about his wife to the press, or nasty stories about her family. Furthermore Diana had more affairs and many, many Princes of Wales have had mistresses.
Has anyone considered that Camilla might just be the injured party in it all?
Amen to that! I agree that Camilla has suffered tremendously. She's been branded a demonic Rottweiler and harassed by a press that does not think Camilla is attractive enough to be royalty. Furthermore she was accused of every single evil trait in the book by a bulimic headcase who had delusions of grandeur. Furthermore I believe that Charles really loved Diana, but things did not work out and Diana kept blaming Camilla for all the problems.
Camilla became this hated public figure because she was the other woman.
And not even an attractive "other woman" to boot!
The press made allowances for Diana because she was their little darling.
Charles and Camilla NEVER publically denegrated Diana. Charles made one public comment that he had become unfaithful in his marriage once the marriage was irrevocably broken. That's it - no pointing fingers, no assigning blame. At the time, the statement was criticized for hurting Diana, but Diana had already out-ed his affair with Andrew Morton's book. She knew well about the affair by then. Camilla has never publically spoken about Diana and I doubt she ever will. Most of what you hear about C&C's affair comes from Diana and being hurt like she was, she was hardly an objective observer. Diana made a conscious choice to expose the inner workings of her relationship with Charles; it was a mistake IMHO, because once she got over the hurt I don't think she would have wanted constant reminders (books, Panorama interview) of how she felt during that hurtful time.
I agree. Charles often said that his wife was sick and couldn't help herself and never used his friends to strike back. He's taken too much flack and blame for Diana's underlying problems. He also had the guts to admit to his adultry, the first I think of many heirs to admit to having an affair on the side.
In fact, in public, he showed respect to his wife.
He always appeared with her at public engagements and various other occasions, never Camilla. Yes I agree Camilla played hostess at Highgrove, but Diana never cared to be there unless she absolutely had to.
We're not fanatics. We just want to see her in her rightful place. If she is married to our King then she is our Queen and to against tradition to please those stuck in the past makes a complete farce out of the Monarchy. If she isn't good enough to be Queen then she isn't good enough to Princess Consort either. She IS the Princess of Wales and I call her that because again, thats her rightful title and I refuse to go against tradition to please the ghost of a dead ex-wife.
Right on! Diana willlingly relinquished her status in the royal family. She threw it away and her memory needs to stop being humored.
To start fooling around with the style and title of a female consort is to put a nail in the coffin in the monarchy. If she was worthy to marry Charles and become a Royal Highness, then she is worthy to be Queen.
And she's more than been proven worthy of the title.
Even now, some people criticised him for intervening issues like NHS, education, environmental issues, religional conflicts.He is the Prince of Wales and he is supposed to stay away from these controversies. But Charles felt he had a big responsiblity for the society, the people and the future because he was born on the position. Then he uses his advantages in his money and his position to achieve what he believes valuable in 5-10 years.He is aware his controversies and the difficulties he may face but he will still pursuit what he believes in the future. He is much tougher and stoic nowadays. He may be proven ahead of our time someday.
He began fretting about the plight of the underprivileged far sooner than Diana did, which irritated his father the Duke of Endinburgh. He's a man who is ridiculed by men for giving up what they thought was the most beautiful woman in the world, and Camilla is crucified because females don't want to live their lives vicariously through her.