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> the soap opera situations that have dogged the rest of the [royal] family "Soap opera situations" seems like a gentle way to put it. Several of her family
by MichaelCollins 4y ago
> the soap opera situations that have dogged the rest of the [royal] family
"Soap opera situations" seems like a gentle way to put it. Several of her family members have been accused of serious crimes, and associated with some very nasty people. For years they were shielded by their association with her.
- PaulHoule 4y agoand I think things that were really sad like the triangle between Prince Charles, Princess Diana, and Camilla Parker Bowes.
- bigfudge 4y agoExactly. Her silence/defence of Andrew is shameful. No moral compass there. Her distinguishing feature has been to give no public interviews and to entrench antidemocratic privilege as best we can. Dangs top post irritated me because it felt like this has to be the time to remember the whole life - not just the fantasy we are typically sold.
- hackerlight 4y agoSource on her trying to entrench antidemocratic privilege?
- bigfudge 4y agosustaining and not disbanding the Royal family for 70 years?
- MichaelCollins 4y agoLiberal exercise of it, to protect her family's interests: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/feb/08/royals-vetted-more-than-1000-laws-via-queens-consent https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/feb/08/royals-vette...
- smegger001 4y agoI think it would be safe to say she put on a stoic face to the world while fronting for what is possibly the most out of touch, dysfunctional, and entitled family in the world.