Princess of Durham
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Interesting how James looks so much like his Uncle Gary around the eyes .... at least to me.
Interesting how James looks so much like his Uncle Gary around the eyes .... at least to me.
I see George V and Nicholas II.
Can anyone help me. There is a new story out criticizing Carole and saying she is moving in with Kate for a time. I was wondering if those in the know and who have been watching g the situation for a long time can tell me why certain aspects of the British Media hate Carole so much? What has she done that is so horrible that she is constantly painted as a wicked witCh who ensnared Prince William through Kate?
Can anyone help me. There is a new story out criticizing Carole and saying she is moving in with Kate for a time. I was wondering if those in the know and who have been watching g the situation for a long time can tell me why certain aspects of the British Media hate Carole so much? What has she done that is so horrible that she is constantly painted as a wicked witCh who ensnared Prince William through Kate?
Carole Middleton unfortunately is the air hostess trolley dolley who forced her daughter to go to St. Andrews so she'd be in with a shot of marrying William. She has constantly been portrayed as the pushy mother-in-law, who often gets accused of cashing in.
There is no reason for it, she has never shown anything except loving and warmth but then I don't know the woman personally.
Indeed, sadly Carole has been cast in a negative light for quite a while now, and I think it's easy for the media to just keep her as a punching bag.
If I were to look for any reason for it, I'd say it's just an attempt to tap into social class issues. The future king married someone from the middle class, which is bound to ruffle a few feathers and perhaps cause some jealousy (either from upper-class folks, who might think Kate isn't from the right background, or from other middle-class people, who might be jealous of the Middletons family's social mobility). And, rather than casting Kate in a bad light, the place the "blame" on Carole for intentionally setting up Kate to be in a position where she could meet and marry William. It's a typical easy, lazy caricature for the media to fall back on, especially as some people like a bit of negativity. (And, yes, I realize I'm making a lot of generalizations, but only because I think that's exactly what the media is doing. I have nothing against Carole. Frankly, I really don't know much about her other than the media's spin).
The upper-classes and nobility have been marrying into the middle-class for years. The resentment against the Middletons comes from the people they 'left behind'.
Social mobility has been accepted by the nobility for a long time, its Carole's own middle-class peers that resent her success. For not knowing her place.
I wouldn't believe whatever is coming out of the gossip mags. If Carole was overstepping the mark, Kate and William would tell her so. They aren't young impressionable teenagers, they are in their 30's. The only reason why the mags are making up these stories is because the Middleton's are protecting their own. They provide William and Kate with support, stability and love.According to an article I read I think it was in Hello Canada It was that kate mom is busy moving in and running the whole place like she is the queen mom Kate dad isn't very comfortable and want carole to leave the kids alone and let thme get on with there life with no help from her It sounds from the article that William and kate are afraid to tell her off .
The Middleton's good fortune is what us Americans call The American Dream!
Thats one of the reasons I don't like how Carole is treated And I wonder if its just a culture clash on my part. In America the Middleton's would be admired and someone to emulate; but in England there appears to be this idea that she doesn't know her place and if you are born middle class you stay there. I am not trying to criticize England and I don't know if this is thr majority or a very vocal minority who portrays this image. All I see is a very beautiful hard working woman with a good marriage and 3 well adjusted kids who all seem to love her.
On top of how Carole is painted, in documentaries and specials on Kate they always talk about her maternal ancestry and rarely discuss her paternal ancestry, continuously wanting to paint her as some working class girl descended from coal miners and ignoring she is also descended from lawyers and businessmen.
I have no idea if it's aristocrats who hate the Middleton's or fellow middle class folk like the rest of us. There are not many documentaries or books I can find on Mette Marit, Mary, Daniel or even Queen Silvia....so I don't know if other middle class royal partners have been treated the same way as Kate and her family.
My daughter did her "junior year abroad" when she was in University in the late 80s. She did it at an unnamed English University. At that time she was very much struck by the class issues. They were very much an issue among the students that she knew at that time. I think the newspapers have continued to use the class issues to sell papers. There will always be people who are not as successful as others and papers like the Daily Fail seem to cultivate the negative feelings that can go along with that. I also think historically political parties in the UK have played up the issue to their own advantage. Pure and simple it sells papers to keep people stirred up and also gets some politicians votes.
I recall early on that Carole Middleton was quoted (supposedly) as saying that she realized that she was the "weak link." I recall feeling so very sorry that she felt that way.
So Carole has decided to offer her expertise in two magazines. Why? It wouldn't have anything to do with indirectly promoting Party Pieces, would it? This leaves a bit of a bad taste in the mouth, quite frankly, and I don't care whether she's being paid or not.
Because pushing family commercial interests (selling party equipment etc) reflects on the Cambridges. It would be a bit like Diana's father Earl Spencer writing regular columns in a popular travel magazine about Althorp and its attractions, in an effort to bring in tourist dollars. I can just imagine Charles's reaction.
Because pushing family commercial interests (selling party equipment etc) reflects on the Cambridges. It would be a bit like Diana's father Earl Spencer writing regular columns in a popular travel magazine about Althorp and its attractions, in an effort to bring in tourist dollars in the 1980's. I can just imagine Charles's reaction.
The Middletons have come in for some rough and unfair treatment over the last few years and I do think a lot of it is class related, (as well as more than a little plain old envy).
A member of the last generation of royal in laws stood up and publicly insulted his nephews' family AT THEIR MOTHER'S FUNERAL! So I guess the argument could be made there was nowhere to go but up, but IMO The Queen probably thanks god every day her grandson married into a stable family that worked hard and produced well brought up, non histrionic children. Even Uncle Gary must seem pretty harmless!
Writing articles in two magazines is hardly being discreet!
Plus, there are a lot of peers who inherited massive wealth who still promote their stately homes. Earl Spencer didn't.