I don’t recall, but were those women “acceptable?”I'm old enough to remember life before Charles and Diana married. Charles' dating and love life were splashed across all the tabloids for years. He had LOTS of choices. And lots of time to exercise those choices before deciding to use the 19 year old.
Or was he?I don’t recall, but were those women “acceptable?”
I do remember Andy was dating a (former) porn star for a while.
Simply an aside but this of course happens more than we realize, under much simpler conditions.It seems like there are a lot of people justifying Charles and Camilla’s affair because, after all, Charles and Diana “weren’t well suited anyway”. Poppycock. He married her and brought her into his fold. She deserved better.
I found myself while watching Charles take his vows wondering about his marriage vows. Anyone else?
Me too. And agreeI'm old enough to remember life before Charles and Diana married. Charles' dating and love life were splashed across all the tabloids for years. He had LOTS of choices. And lots of time to exercise those choices before deciding to use the 19 year old.
I'm old enough to remember life before Charles and Diana married. Charles' dating and love life were splashed across all the tabloids for years. He had LOTS of choices. And lots of time to exercise those choices before deciding to use the 19 year old.
So global speculation should cease, I take it?It was their marriage no one else's. No one else's business.
Funny. I’ll remember that next time I see you commenting on U.S. matters.Not your marriage or your Head of State. I would not put so much effort into thinking about it.
Not the same as a marriage. Marriage is between 2 people. Only they know what really happened.So global speculation should cease, I take it?
Funny. I’ll remember that next time I see you commenting on U.S. matters.
Several thoughts:People just don't want the mistress to win.
Without doubt.... In hindsight, I feel like Diana was essentially used by the royal family ...
The world also changed. Opinions that seemed culturally appropriate began to look old-fashioned and restrictive.... or we can take a cue from Queen Elizabeth, who over time came to accept and respect her. And Elizabeth made her wishes known that Camilla was to become Queen, which is good enough for me.
Thing is, I think a whole lot of people look at this family -- destroyed, in part, by cheating -- and see their own family or their best friend's family. It's a common thing. People forget how these two came together and remember the bitter end.... A beautiful family was destroyed, and the repercussions are still floating around today.
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I'm not a fan of mistresses, no matter how pretty they are.Several thoughts:
- In the case of this particular mistress, she was doomed from the start because pretty much everyone was Team Diana. Any mistress would've been disliked.
- Pretty much everyone either has been hurt by a cheater or has a close friend who's been hurt by a cheater. No one likes them.
Without doubt.
The world also changed. Opinions that seemed culturally appropriate began to look old-fashioned and restrictive.
Thing is, I think a whole lot of people look at this family -- destroyed, in part, by cheating -- and see their own family or their best friend's family. It's a common thing. People forget how these two came together and remember the bitter end.
And soulmates for about 50 years or so.Simply an aside but this of course happens more than we realize, under much simpler conditions.
People admitting they knew as they walked down the aisle, that it was not the person for them.
It is shame all around.
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Have Camilla & Charles not been husband and wife for eighteen years now? This thread is seriously making me forget that fact.
Charles certainly did. IMO his actions were predator-like: a trusted and revered public figure purposely grooming, lying to and using a young, naive woman for his own selfish purposes. Charles was 32 years old when he married 20 year old Diana.I don't think either Diana or Charles had a lot of control over how that marriage happened.
Charles wasn’t responsible for his own actions?But was that Charles or was that the Palace?
But were it Charles' actions when it comes to grooming? I wouldn't be surprised if that was much more the palace. I can imagine that the grey suits/skirts are fussing over Diana how she should act and how to be a princess.Charles wasn’t responsible for his own actions?